Their train system is one of the best things about living there.

The grain of salt is that it's a small country that's basically the size of the Bay Area, and it was never car dependent.

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This pretty much is the case in the US. People complain all the time about amtrak being delayed by freight, but the law has been that amtrak gets priority for decades.

It's just that they only get priority if they're actually on time (the initial booking of the rail essentially). Since they're constantly late they always miss this time and therefore have to wait.