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Re:London–Calcutta Bus Service by hexbin010 on Friday January 09, 2026 @10:29AM (#46554892)
Apart from medicine, travel speeds, cost of travel, life expectancy, hot showers, central heating, cars, dentistry, sanitation, civil rights, and fewer childbirth deaths... you're absolutely right
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Re:London–Calcutta Bus Service by sebastiennight on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:04AM (#46555281)
> travel speeds

Based on my experience on L.A.'s "Pacific Surfliner", I'm pretty sure American train speeds have been on the decline since 1926.

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Re:London–Calcutta Bus Service by hexbin010 on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:27PM (#46558055)
I hear planes are pretty fast
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