XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: leszek.karlik@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:20:21 +0100, Thomas Koenig    
   wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > Trains are a good alternative for some routes in Germany.  Germany,   
   > being a fairly densly popoulated country, has a reasonably dense   
   > rail network.   
   >   
   > The ICE 3 trains between Cologne and Frankfurt airport are quite   
   > fast, up to 300 km/h (185 mph).  They run parallel to the Autobahn,   
   > and you cannot hope to pass them in a car, even if there is   
   > no traffic jam :-)   
      
   Also in Spain. SWMBO today has travelled by AVE from Malaga to   
   Madrid in less than 3 hours, for approximately the same price as   
   fuel cost when driving a car. And in a car, it would take 2   
   hours more.   
      
   Rapid rail is pretty nice in densely populated countries, which   
   I guess is why China is so keen on it.   
      
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