I do remember diving into it at one point and also looked into China, which had similar rates to the EU, but slightly less. Which is impressive considering the size of their country.
It's insane that America has the most rail of any country in the world, yet I've literally never been on a train. Only been to bars that inhabit old passenger stations sitting on lines that now run coal and industrial chemicals to the privately owned weapon manufacturing plant and power station.
last wedding i went to, some guests said they took a train instead of a plane, they said it was less expensive than plane but took more days so the cost of food put the trip above a plane trip
I took Amtrak from Charleston to NYC, about 14 hours or a little slower than driving would take. Cost $150 :/
I also take North Metro Rail pretty often since my college gives us free rides, pretty convenient for getting to my hometown and it's usually faster than driving
Well the EU+Turkey have ~220,000km of rail transport (the US has nearly exactly the same), China has 150,000km
It's insane that America has the most rail of any country in the world, yet I've literally never been on a train. Only been to bars that inhabit old passenger stations sitting on lines that now run coal and industrial chemicals to the privately owned weapon manufacturing plant and power station.
last wedding i went to, some guests said they took a train instead of a plane, they said it was less expensive than plane but took more days so the cost of food put the trip above a plane trip
I took Amtrak from Charleston to NYC, about 14 hours or a little slower than driving would take. Cost $150 :/
I also take North Metro Rail pretty often since my college gives us free rides, pretty convenient for getting to my hometown and it's usually faster than driving
interesting deets, i suppose i greatly overestimated china's rail capacity considering all the high speed development
Well the EU has cities more spread out, while China has 95% of its population on the east coast so there's a lot less rail in western parts