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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Much longer distance and they're using rails owned by freight companies who regularly violate priority rules via loopholes, so the passenger experience is sub par on many cases.

Things like... the passenger trains are supposed to have priority, but if the freight train is simply too long to fit on the side track, then it can't get out of the way so the passenger train has to stop instead. Don't need to stop if you can't fit.