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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:51AM (#43000953)
Yeah, I take a bus trip regularly between cities for work. It's ~3.5 hrs from downtown to downtown and, even though the flight would only be just over an hour and about the same price, it ends up being not worth the effort.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by soco on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:55AM (#43001002)
Some high speed trains (in Spain, for one) require security checks to board as well. But they're way less intrusive or time consuming than flight checks.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by rsynnott on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:06AM (#43001146)
I think this is literally _just_ Spain, isn't it? Can't think of anywhere else that does it routinely.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by ghaff on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:25AM (#43001367)
Eurostar. London to the continent.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by devilbunny on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:32AM (#43001453)
Eurostar trains had security checks ~10 years ago. Not sure about now but I can't imagine they've stopped.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by bobthepanda on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:42PM (#43006798)
China also has security checks, I believe.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by MisterSandman on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:15PM (#43008889)
Canada doesn’t have high speed trains AND does insane security checks and luggage weigh-ins before you get on their trains.

Worst of both worlds.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by jesterson on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:58AM (#43010554)
China does. Singapore does spot checks for MRT.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by patmcc on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:38PM (#43007365)
Do they think you're going to hijack the train?
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by kube-system on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:42PM (#43009048)
That's one of the possible attack vectors. It happens.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by lentil_soup on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:37AM (#43010412)
It's because of the 2004 terrorist attack in a Madrid train https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings
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