I went to Japan for the first time recently, and holy crap, high speed rail is amazing. It's like flying business class, or better. You have so much leg room,

I went to Japan for the first time recently, and holy crap, high speed rail is amazing. It's like flying business class, or better. You have so much leg room, free wifi and a powerpoint next to you. You don't have to check your bags in or go through security or any of that crap, you just turn up at the station 5 minutes before it leaves and then sit down in genuine comfort and hack away on your laptop for a couple of hours. If it were an option in my country I'd definitely take it for any trip up to ~1,200km.