mustang1
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- Location
- London, UK
I had to commute on the subway this morning. It was a palaver.
But it got me thinking about trains in the third world, say, India. What really is the difference between those over crowded trains and British ones?
The indian ones are overcrowded inside and out, with people sitting on the roof and hanging out of the doors. That's just a safety law. But inside? Just as packed, just as crowded. And on a hot day, almost as hot (OK not quite, but very uncomfortable. Though you can argue at least with the Indian train you get airflow!).
Oh, and in India its a huge bunch cheaper. And I think less arguing too: they realize there's no such thing as personal space on an Indian train, but here, we want our personal space so we can open up a copy of the metro "newspaper".
British trains are fine when I commute outside of peak hours, but that doesn't happen often.
Cycling or getting a motorbike/scooter seems the only way to commute.
But it got me thinking about trains in the third world, say, India. What really is the difference between those over crowded trains and British ones?
The indian ones are overcrowded inside and out, with people sitting on the roof and hanging out of the doors. That's just a safety law. But inside? Just as packed, just as crowded. And on a hot day, almost as hot (OK not quite, but very uncomfortable. Though you can argue at least with the Indian train you get airflow!).
Oh, and in India its a huge bunch cheaper. And I think less arguing too: they realize there's no such thing as personal space on an Indian train, but here, we want our personal space so we can open up a copy of the metro "newspaper".
British trains are fine when I commute outside of peak hours, but that doesn't happen often.
Cycling or getting a motorbike/scooter seems the only way to commute.
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