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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Till 2019, <1 % of total rail in US was electrified according to Wikipedia? Is this true; considering that US was a world leader in terms of rail transport upto WW II, why the abysmally low numbers? I know that privatisation of rail networks and car centred cities makes life tough for rails, but 1 % is abysmally low for a developed nation.

In contrast, China is at 75% and India is at 93% respectively and both of them also have giant railway networks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Till

‘til*, short for “until.”

Sorry to be that asshole but it’s frustrating how often this is misused.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

this might be a regional thing. I've never once in my life seen it spelled that was. to me til had only ever been an acronym for "today I learned"

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