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Pay up, pay up, and board the train

机译：付清，付清并上火车

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Agood way to be unpopular at dinner parties is to praise the British railway system. Trains rival politicians as a subject on which the only acceptable attitude is one of permanent disappointment, leavened with rage. But if you prefer numbers to opinion, you may conclude that, in many ways, the railways are in rude health. Passenger traffic has risen by 35% over the past decade. It is higher than at any time since the second world war, on a much smaller network (see chart). Safety continues to improve, and even punctuality is up. According to the annual report published on June 3rd by Network Rail, which owns and maintains the track, 90.6% of trains ran on time last year (although Britain's definition of punctual includes trains up to ten minutes late).rnMany of rail's problems are due to its popularity. Plenty of commuter routes into big cities are standing-room only. So many trains crowd the rails that timetables are sensitive to even small delays-one broken-down train can cause long waits for dozens of others. Though passenger growth has slowed in recession, the appeal of trains is likely to keep rising. One estimate has passenger numbers doubling over the next 20 years, thanks to a mix of road congestion, the expansion of urban employment and green concerns.
机译：在晚宴上不受欢迎的一个好方法是赞美英国的铁路系统。培养敌对的政治家，使他们接受唯一的态度是永久失望，愤怒使他们失望。但是，如果您更喜欢数字而不是意见，您可能会得出结论，铁路在许多方面都处于粗鲁状态。在过去十年中，客运量增长了35％。它比第二次世界大战以来的任何时候都要高，而且网络要小得多（参见图表）。安全性不断提高，甚至守时。根据拥有并维护这条轨道的Network Rail在6月3日发布的年度报告，去年有90.6％的火车准时运行（尽管英国对守时的定义包括火车晚点十分钟）。使其受欢迎。通往大城市的许多通勤路线仅是固定空间。如此多的火车挤满了铁轨，以至时刻表对很小的延迟都很敏感-一列故障火车可能会导致数十个其他火车的漫长等待。尽管在衰退中旅客增长速度有所放缓，但火车的吸引力可能会继续上升。据估计，由于道路拥堵，城市就业的扩大和对绿色环保的关注，未来20年的乘客数量将增加一倍。

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    《The economist》 |2009年第8634期|30-30|共1页
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