I love the idea of trains, have always loved trains when I was younger, and until very recently had never been on one. My brother purchased tickets for me and my boyfriend to go visit him and so I was very excited to finally get on the train. The thing i didnt really think about was the fact that I get car sick in SUVs and trucks if im not driving because of the softness of the suspension and body roll. The train is a bit bouncy. The trip down was me sleeping for like 30 mins or so, getting up to throw up in the bathroom, repeat for about 19 hours. I felt terribly nauseous and had migrane the entire time.

The trip back I was prepared, I had those anti-car sock glasses and some dramamine, I took it, fell asleep for about 8 hours. Woke up and was okay interms of not feeling sick or anything. But then the train stopped, not at a station, in the middle of a field. They told us there was some freight cargo on the line ahead and we had to wait for a moment. We were there for three hours. The lady next to us had a ticket for a different train to get on after this one, and it was for two hours after our scheduled arrival time. Well she missed it because we arrived 3 hours late.

I know train infustructure would help, and I've always been a proponent of better public transport networks...but now I hate the train 😟. I would rather drive.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There is something to be said for the convenience of cars to be able to start driving in your own time, but for every story like that there is another with someone stuck in traffic for 3 hours because of a major accident on the highway.

That being the case, cars are still going to have their niche for situations where Grandma lives far away from any major city and the closest train station is a 3 hour bus ride away, running twice daily at 6am and 4pm. Can't say I am sympathetic to the FuckCars crowd in that regard, nor do I think we should be dismissive of efforts to make driving more environmentally friendly just because trains are better.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

The current situation with trains is shit because we as a country have allowed it to deteriorate.

Waiting 3 hours for a freight train is one such example. The majority of rail lines are owned by freight companies, so they give their own trails priority over passenger trains. That shit is unacceptable.

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What country?

[–] StephniBefni@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

United States of America