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[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (87 children)

Trains don't have a higher failure rate than car infrastructure. Most of the rail infrastructure works just fine, at 40C. Occasionally something can get damaged. Aviation is much more fragile regarding weather but interestingly doesn't get all that heat from transit haters and cars are way more dangerous and on top of that can overheat at extreme temperatures.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 2 months ago (86 children)

Yes, most of it works fine but when it doesn't:

  • the AC stops working, the windows don't open and it gets real hot real fast
  • unless it's some extreme situation they will not let you leave the train
  • you're stuck in the middle of nowhere, with no infrastructure in sight
  • it's really hard to get you to alternative transport
  • fixing the issue can take hours

With a car:

  • you can get outside
  • you will have to wait 30-60 minutes to get towed

You see multiple news every day about trains in Spain,Poland or Germany with broken AC or just completely failing between stations.

[–] Snowwdropp@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Is that an inherent problem of trains or are the trains too old? Genuinely asking

[–] kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

We don't have such problems in Austria. We also don't have 40 degrees but I dare say it's not inherent of trains.

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