Nick Piggott 🇪🇺In today's 'the UK is a totally normal country', I got 12 pieces of cardboard for a journey from Bristol to York and back. #trains
Tito Swineflu@nickpiggott I'm american. I don't understand this picture. What sort of automobile uses orange cards?
@tito_swineflu it's special ride-share automobile, optimised for capacity and speed (usually 😬), with semi-autonomous driving on a special steel road for very smooth ride.
@nickpiggott Sounds great! We should get more of those here.
@nickpiggott also, I have very fond memories of travelling all over Britain by rail just after Thatcher got elected. I assume rail travel in Britain has only gotten even more efficient in the interim.
@tito_swineflu 'opinions may vary'. We have newer trains, that usually run more frequently and faster, but they've become disproportionately expensive. The 'free market' has led to complicated airline-style demand-led pricing, hence my handful of various tickets to actually get a tolerable price. (30% cheaper to buy lots of separate tickets than one through ticket).