XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Robert Bannister   
    wrote:   
   > On 15/01/2014 11:36 am, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > > In article , robban@clubtelco.com   
   > > says...   
   > >> On 14/01/2014 6:34 pm, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > >>> In article , robban@clubtelco.com   
   > >>> says...   
   > >>>   
   > >>> There are trains going into most major cities in the US.  Few of them   
   > >>> are "packed".   
   > >>   
   > >> I believe that is mainly because they are old and slow.   
   > >   
   > > No, it is because even if they went at the speed of light they would   
   > > still be inconvenient.   
   >   
   > Is that because they don't go to the right places? I don't use trains   
   > much myself because a) there is no station nearby and b) they don't go   
   > anywhere I want to go to or that I can't get easier another way.   
   > However, many thousands do use them here in Perth, and yet they are   
   > relatively new. The old diesel service was smelly and unreliable, but   
   > electric trains can accelerate and decelerate much faster than diesels,   
   > and of course they're cleaner. Much of the rail system goes down the   
   > middle of two of our freeways, and when you're stuck in the traffic it   
   > is quite annoying to see a train go whizzing past.   
      
   It is quite annoying to see a train go whizzing past ... until you   
   realise you don't have some annoying kid kicking the back of your seat   
   all the way, a teenager with his iPod turned up full volume, a drunken   
   smelly guy sitting opposite you who looks like he'll be sick at any   
   minute, a gossipy old woman sitting next to you who won't shut up, the   
   inability to properly open a window in the middle of summer, ...    ;-)   
      
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