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		Gigachad on April 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe is investing heavily in trains Trains could easily beat air travel if they could skip the ridiculous security theater. Having to get to the airport 2 hours early is a whole lot of slack to let trains catch up.

cocothem on April 12, 2022 | [–]

I view any mass transport as a security risk for me so I welcome airport "security theater". there is downside, but imo airports screen better than trains for bad actors

JetAlone on April 12, 2022 | [–]

This is why I prefer riding high speed rail over the half as expensive domestic flights. If they take that away, I want to buy a horse.

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