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[+] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (13 children)
  • [–] 4 points 1 year 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.

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  • [+] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Don't jinx it.

    As I said in another reply, too late, by twenty-one years.

    And yet, no TSA-like bullshit.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Commuter trains aren’t high speed trains though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    True (though the AVE also stops at Atocha, as it did back in 2004).

    They also tend to carry more passengers, which means the number of victims was significantly larger than if it had been an AVE.

    And yet, your prediction of a nine-eleven-like security theater didn't come to pass. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Madrid, 2004.

    Didn't cause security theater, though. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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