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		dfc on Nov 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trai... When I look at the map for UK I see far fewer trains than the map for the US. Am I missing something? I thought maybe it was because you posted earlier in the day, but your comment was posted around 0100 UTC--not that long ago. I do not think we have the best public rail system in the US but if all o had to go on was how many trains there were on each map I might think differently.

midasuni on Nov 28, 2023 | [–]

Very few overnight trains in the U.K. there used to be more in the days when trains ran at average speeds of 50mph but not now

vzaliva on Nov 28, 2023 | [–]

That's surprising. I see maybe under 30 trains shown in whole California.

Anyway, according to [1,2]: US: Ridership 549,631,632 UK: Ridership 1.738 billion

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_Uni... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Great_Britai...

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