http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/ Andy Allcorn's place of residence on the intarwebs. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-14623 Brian Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:52:08 +0000 http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/#comment-14623 Isn't it a shame trains are so rubbish in the Uk, having seen how they operate in Japan - they apologise if it is 30 seconds late! I would happily use them more if they were cheaper and less grubby and more reliable as I can arrive less tired than driving. I also hate the constant tarmacing of the UK gradually adding more and more cars to the congestion, when will we learn it wont work for ever! Isn’t it a shame trains are so rubbish in the Uk, having seen how they operate in Japan – they apologise if it is 30 seconds late! I would happily use them more if they were cheaper and less grubby and more reliable as I can arrive less tired than driving. I also hate the constant tarmacing of the UK gradually adding more and more cars to the congestion, when will we learn it wont work for ever!

]]> http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-5784 Mikey B Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:04:44 +0000 http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/#comment-5784 Public Transport doesn't work - if it did cars would never have caught on. At least we have trains - be careful what you wish for. Out here in the English countryside, our options are into or out of London radially or nothing - to get to my next nearest town it's car,bike or walk - the bus when it runs is slower than cycling - the busses are huge - very large dirty diesel engines and usually empty - so not very eco friendly. Public Transport doesn’t work – if it did cars would never have caught on.
At least we have trains – be careful what you wish for. Out here in the English countryside, our options are into or out of London radially or nothing – to get to my next nearest town it’s car,bike or walk – the bus when it runs is slower than cycling – the busses are huge – very large dirty diesel engines and usually empty – so not very eco friendly.

]]> http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-5353 Cat's Staff Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:01 +0000 http://www.phantomgorilla.com/blog/2009/09/15/british-trains-suck/#comment-5353 At least you have trains... I live in one of the larger cities in the US and there is no useful mass transit. The auto companies like it that way. At least you have trains… I live in one of the larger cities in the US and there is no useful mass transit. The auto companies like it that way.

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