France has the TGV, Japan has the Shinkansen, China has the CR450. Meanwhile in Britain:
France has the TGV, Japan has the Shinkansen, China has the CR450. Meanwhile in Britain:
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Now go on the road and think that about every single driver out there
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Hey come now, Germanys ICE train is up there!
Only our tracks aren't (also slowing the TGV down, here).
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I remember going by train from Oxted to London in a carriage that had doors for each compartment of eight seats, and no common aisle. I was shocked, I didn't expect wagons like this to be still around.
And all in all, it was about as fast as me going by bike.
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To the Joker, the Train a Grand Velocite is just a Train de Velocite Moyen
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Meanwhile in America "you guys got trains?"
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you got trains too, often off rail but it still count
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If you count hopping on a freighter and hitchhiking to the next town, we have passenger rail in Canada.
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Victorian tracks
This is indeed the reason why super fast trains have not happened in the UK.
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Where I live (Slovakia) the line I use to get to school has been here since 1880ish. SINCE 1907 it rides 120km/h it hasn't sped up for 118 years LOL.
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Ancient roman tracks
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pretty much every track has been replaces many times since then. The most favored national pass-time is sucking landowners penises.
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pretty much every track has been replaces many times since then
Of course! But the way they're laid hasn't, something about flat curves that would take a lot of money to incline so instead they built inclining trains. It's not my argument, just something I read. If you think it's nonsense I'd like to know why.
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The RAF has a lot to amswer for!
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Casey Jones is high on cocaine again.
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The british mind cannot comprehend the concept of high speed rail.
If they're not going backwards they get confused...
eurostar, southeastern highspeed and HS2 eventually. if you wan't a free wooosh