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Travis Rocker Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:24 PM |
okay here are my gripes about trains mainly:
Most trains are:
1. Overpriced
2. Overcrowded
3. Dont Run On Time
4. smelly
5. dirty
6. out of date (First Great Western In Paticular) |
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kim2007w Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:27 PM |
| Firstly i wanted to use euro star and they dont run a night, so whats the point of public transport |
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Andrew Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:28 PM |
Things I love about trains:
1. plenty of leg room
2. can watch the scenery
3. can sleep if you want
4. as has been noted, source of interesting stories
5. get to where you're going in half the time
6. source of free newspapers (Scottish.... stingy? never!)
EDIT: and to be fair to them, here anyway the trains are clean, safe, modern and rarely have any trouble with them being overly late)
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AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:28 PM |
Travis Rocker wrote: okay here are my gripes about trains mainly:
Most trains are:
1. Overpriced
2. Overcrowded
3. Dont Run On Time
4. smelly
5. dirty
6. out of date (First Great Western In Paticular)
i take it you live in UK |
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Travis Rocker Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:29 PM |
kim2007w wrote: Firstly i wanted to use euro star and they dont run a night, so whats the point of public transport
yeah thats very surpriseing considering the car train eurotunnel operates 24hours a day, wud hav thought u cud get a night eurostar to paris and back again |
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Hanne Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:29 PM |
In spite of the rumours, Danish trains are actually usually on time. However, DSB (the national railway company) has a nasty habit of only wanting a lot of trains on the main line between the two biggest cities in the country. This means that the line I'm using the most is going to be even more irregular than it is now.
Anyhow, top 5 gripes about public transport:
- never runs exactly when you need it
- standing in the rain waiting for the bus to show up
- the only person on the bus/train not to have showered for at least a week WILL sit down next to you
- overpriced tickets
- overpriced food/drinks |
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kim2007w Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:30 PM |
Travis Rocker wrote: kim2007w wrote: Firstly i wanted to use euro star and they dont run a night, so whats the point of public transport
yeah thats very surpriseing considering the car train eurotunnel operates 24hours a day, wud hav thought u cud get a night eurostar to paris and back again
no i rung this evening, was planning to go to French gig, but cant get back during the night and dont want to stay the night in paris |
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Travis Rocker Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:31 PM |
Andrew wrote: Things I love about trains:
1. plenty of leg room
2. can watch the scenery
3. can sleep if you want
4. as has been noted, source of interesting stories
5. get to where you're going in half the time
6. source of free newspapers (Scottish.... stingy? never!)
EDIT: and to be fair to them, here anyway the trains are clean, safe, modern and rarely have any trouble with them being overly late)
yes i agree there are good points too but the govenment let us down by privatetising the rail network from brittish rail, mind you the only decent train operator in this country i know is Virgin Trains there trains are modern n smart |
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Andrew Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:31 PM |
Hanne wrote: - the only person on the bus/train not to have showered for at least a week WILL sit down next to you
You've not discovered the art of leaving an open newspaper on the seat next to you then? Nobody ever moves it, you don't even have to pretend to read it |
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1/3 of Suggestive Leg Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:32 PM |
| My main gripe about trains is SANDWICH THIEVES!!! |
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Travis Rocker Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:32 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: Travis Rocker wrote: okay here are my gripes about trains mainly:
Most trains are:
1. Overpriced
2. Overcrowded
3. Dont Run On Time
4. smelly
5. dirty
6. out of date (First Great Western In Paticular)
i take it you live in UK
yes i live in England. the french system is very good ive used it before on the TGV's very fast, very reasonably priced im hopefully using them again wen i come to france in the summer |
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harry potter Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:33 PM |
public transportation is just one big petrie dish here in Boston. there's nothing that can beat being stuck in a tunnel inside a packed subway car with no air-conditioning and sweaty, coughy dirtyassed commuters all around you. *shudders*
haz
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audrey Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:33 PM |
i wish we had proper public transport here in louisville.
i love larger cities with lots of trains and bus lines. so awesome. |
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harry potter Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:35 PM |
audrey wrote: i wish we had proper public transport here in louisville.
i love larger cities with lots of trains and bus lines. so awesome.
public transportation - louisville
:-D
spaz
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kim2007w Posted Thu 31 May, 2007 10:36 PM |
| Harry Potter - how do you find all these pictures so quick? |
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