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I occasionally take the train because I like the atmosphere.

In Europe, taking the train is often more expensive than flying.

Sadly it's not fashionable because it isn't cheaper and takes a lot longer.

That's because trains get taxed, while flights _still_ get subsidised. It's maddening.

It's faster than flights on short (<3 hour) routes because you don't have the whole security theatre thing. Also train stations are in the city center usually and airports are in the outskirts.

On more actual security concerns side, you will have a hard time hijacking a train and jet into the side of a skyscraper.

The far more common scenario - a bomb in a bag - is very devastating in closed spaces such as trains and buses.

Nobody does it in trains/buses, cause it's much more efficient to do it at the train/bus station. Or any other place where people queue.

It's happened dozens of times in my country - I've lost schoolmates (not personal friends) in bus bombings.

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