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For years and years people have been saying that the railways are dead. “We can do without
railways,” people say, as if motorcars and planes made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing
that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they' re dying. But this is far from the truth. In
these days when oil is expensive, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and
planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they're cheaper than planes.
Railways have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a
railway. What is more, it takes you from the heart of a city into the heart of another. But a railway
doesn't leave you as a plane does, miles and miles away from the city center. It doesn't hold you up
as a motorcar does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which no plane or
motorcar could ever do.
Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modern railway lines give you a smooth,
untroubled journey.Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while
you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. We have entered the
age of superfast trains, traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we
spend so much on motorways we can't use because we don't have enough money to buy oil and
planes we can't fly for the same reason.
