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

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

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 15 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't go that far.

[–] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ehhhhhhhh, considering the UK is basically the same size as ONE midwestern state ... it's highly debatable as to who has failed worse. (note: both are still abysmal failures, but one country has a goal post MUCH closer than the other)

[–] Forester@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 weeks ago

It certainly doesn’t.

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

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