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NoGravitasyesterday at 9:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

Most of this is just that the US rail system is amazingly shitty by global standards.


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davidgayyesterday at 10:45 PM

This is an extremely simplistic view. For instance, the US moves more of its freight (by percentage) than all western European countries except Switzerland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_usag...

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llbbddyesterday at 9:23 PM

The US is a very big, very spread out place. I'm not sure which country has trains that take you directly to your front door.

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