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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago (21 children)

What are you going to do with a hijacked train? The moment you hijack it they’ll just shutdown power. Hostages? Good luck there are like 30 carts on the train all of which have window break tools and emergency door open tools.

Look at Germany or France. High speed trains are everywhere and there is no ID requirement beyond maybe a ticket check if you’re unlucky.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Who said anything about hijacking? Think explosives etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Ok. Thinking explosives. Where are high speed trains being attacked by explosives? I don’t hear much in Germany, France, China, or Japan.

[–] leftzero 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Madrid, 2004.

Didn't cause security theater, though. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Those are dense packed commuter trains from more than 20 years ago. Sort of the opposite of comfortable high speed long distance trains now days.

If you search for “bomb train” you’ll get results but it might be worth looking deeper than the headline.

[–] leftzero 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those are dense packed commuter trains from more than 20 years ago

So, even fucking worse when it comes to number of victims.

If you search for “bomb train” you’ll get results

I don't need to search for it, it was all over the news for months.

And yet, we got over it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

We’re taking about high speed trains here. Independent of that, regarding attacks on commuter trains getting over it without American style tsa is a good thing.

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