Hated by most people, but loved by the ones that are dependent on it

Trains, busses, trams, airplanes. Ways of moving from one place to another. For some people the only thing that comes to mind is delays and being cramped up in a small space with too many people. For others it is way to finally get some me time and just stare out of the window.



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Not everyone’s public transportation looks like the one seen above here, but mine currently does.

And that is such a nice thing to realize. Going with Swiss trains and busses is really such a peaceful experience compared to how it sometimes works in other countries. The Swiss trains are ALWAYS on time (you know clocks are one of the core things here in the country right), properly air conditioned train cars, and also even cool arts thingies as dining tables when you have the transalp or the Voralp express. Been in the train is just a chill session here. And because it is such relaxed you just want to stare outside of the window seeing the mountains and the lakes passing by.

Now I understand that this is not the deal when you are travelling on a daily basis that you will have a different perspective of this.

And I also know that for instance in Holland trains are one of the most hated things because they ‘always’ have delays, and they ‘always’ get cancelled due to too hot weather or to cold weather. But maybe, just maybe...this is also so in other countries. Or in those countries the trains are more expensive because they have to be more invested in.

Take snow as an example. Yes, we all know the Swiss trains are still going when it snows. But do you realize behind the scenes how much that is of an investment to make that happen in terms of heated tracks and those sorts of things. And that also when the weather is really bad, the trains also get cancelled here? But maybe people here are a bit more prepared for that, because they are listening a bit more to the weather and reacting to it.

Lets be honest Dutchies, the trains aren’t too bad

Used to different standards

In the end it is all what you are taking as a standard. Back on the island of Sint Martin I was dependent on these type of minivans as only form of public transportation. They would some general main roads around the island and not at any set time. Just when they would feel like it. Often the gears were broken and you would be driving with the bumpy sound of a van driving in first gear all the time. Also more than often they would be overcrowded and I’d say that even my totally hurricane wrecked car was in better condition as that most vans were. Maybe it is just a matter of what you terms are of what you are used to.

Or for what you choose to be satisfied with.

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