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Re:Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes by ParksNet on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:12AM (#32002193)
What US rail decline? Rail has a higher freight modal share in the US than any major European countries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_usag...

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Re:Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes by upbeat_general on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:14PM (#32003062)
Maybe they meant passenger rail where we are last (by capita/transport share)
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Re:Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes by throwntoday on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @08:52PM (#32008752)
Our country is too big and sparsely populated to make passenger rail viablr. It's why our airline industry is top notch.
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