alt Hacker NewsTrain travel is so great, even in the crappy trains. Just turn up at the station, sit down, and enjoy the sights. You don't even need a seatbelt.
I wish to see high speed maglev transportation to supplant air travel in my lifetime.
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immmmmm • yesterday at 2:06 PM
Or maybe just change our habits, travel less and slower.
In practice, those are two different types of train travel. The former exists only in countries with a rail heritage. Where countries are genuinely trying to replace air travel with high-speed rail (credit to them, it's much more sustainable), the new train stations are alas a bit like airports for trains. You generally can't just turn up and hop on. In China you can't even get into the train station without a booking.