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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by timr on Saturday June 06, 2015 @08:29PM (#9672910)
"Due to planned maintenance/a defective signal/ a computer error/ a tree on the tracks (or a leaf, or snow)/a collision with a person no connection is possible between Utrecht Central and Amsterdam Central"

Are you joking? Utrecht to Amsterdam is a local train. That's like saying that CalTrain is frequently delayed, therefore we shouldn't build any high-speed lines. Appels en Peren.

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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by Coding_Cat on Saturday June 06, 2015 @09:21PM (#9673032)
Oh don't get me wrong. I like rail-networks, I was just pointing out that while trains might not get jams there is still plenty of comparable ails they suffer from. I only picked Amsterdam and Utrecht because they popped into my head first.
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