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London Without Trains Was a Nightmare | London News

London Without Trains Was a Nightmare | London News

Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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A 1979 British Rail poster imagined London without trains—swallowed by highways, choked with traffic, turned into a parking lot. It warned that relying solely on cars would be disastrous, especially for a city that moves 26.6 million people daily. Today, rail carries 5.4 million of those trips—proof that the UK’s rail-first vision was spot on, while the U.S. paid the price for ditching its rail network.

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