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Tangentially related, in the Netherlands there's 2 types of train, Sprinter and InterCity. The Sprinter is the one that stops at every small station along the
by sensanaty 2y ago
Tangentially related, in the Netherlands there's 2 types of train, Sprinter and InterCity.
The Sprinter is the one that stops at every small station along the way, whereas the InterCity is the one that speedily goes only to the major stations.
This has always annoyed me to an unreasonable degree
- sameoldtune 2y agoInterCity makes sense to me (inner vs inter). I’m guessing “sprinter” has more to do with being advertised for shot trips. Still silly though.