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downrightmikeyesterday at 8:27 PM1 replyview on HN

trains arent really useful in the US on purpose


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gumbyyesterday at 8:32 PM

Trains in the US are super useful…for freight. Pretty much worthless for passengers in most cases. Canada and Australia are similar.

Europe puts people in trains and freight in semi-trailers. China and Japan are more like this.

India dedicates its rail network 100% to passengers and also 100% to freight. Somehow it works.