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[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

It's funny that the country that invented trains has worse trains than the US.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 17 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't go that far.

[–] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What are you talking about, America is the worst at it by a mile

[–] Forester@pawb.social -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

By a mile? How many miles of operational rail do we have? Now how many miles do you have? The US has approximately 140,000, mi. There is approximately 10,000 mi of rail across Great Britain and Northern Ireland........

As my British friend Tom used to say

Mate you fucking flunked your maths schooling didn't ya.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your comment shouldn't be downvoted, it's certainly debatable who has the worse rail

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acela

[–] Forester@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All I'm saying is Amtrak hasn't folded and rebranded three different times in the last decade. https://youtu.be/IayST598Vxo

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

It certainly doesn’t.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Nah mate that’s a massive exaggeration. US rail is absolutely centuries behind UK rail.