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...until the first "incident", after which rail will be subjected to the same measures as air travel
by newaccount2021 4y ago
...until the first "incident", after which rail will be subjected to the same measures as air travel
- anticensor 4y agoYou would get slightly more controls than airlines actually, due to the fact that trains are simply physically bound to rails.
- Gare 4y agoHard to hit two skyscrapers with a train. When it comes to railway terrorism, there are more effective infrastructure threats than some guy boarding a passenger train with an explosive.
- schroeding 4y agoTrains were bombed to pieces in Madrid in 2004[1], and since then there were multiple cases of terrorism in european trains. There were incidents galore already, so let's be optimistic that travel by train will stay free of airport-like security. :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings
- kzrdude 4y agoAnd in Spain you have to enter your ID card # and other personal info for the ticket, and occasional security checks, for all the long distance trains. So the difference to Germany is noticeable due to this history!