In a number of countries, some people think it's necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

The way people choose to transfer between cities is the

centerpiece

the central or most important feature

centrepiece

of every society, with different views on whether we need to invest in creating modern machines or an improvement in current methods will be enough. Using high-speed trains to travel between cities would decrease commuting

time

from one city to another.

Such

modern facilities benefit from state-of the art technology resulted from a massive investment, enabling them to reach speeds of, say, 300 km/h.

This

means that the

travelers

a person who changes location

travellers

traveller

would spend less

time

on the road.

Furthermore

, energy consumption will be likely to decrease. In order to avoid the derailment of very fast trains, their railways are usually manufactured in a straighter path than those for normal-speed trains, meaning that they no longer need to take turns every so often, which results in fewer brakes and more efficient use of fuel. Some may argue that if a tremendous amount of money is invested in incumbent public

transportation

, less

time

would be required to accomplish the project since there is no need to lay the foundation from the very beginning and only slight changes would be enough. People can

also

enjoy using less expensive

transportation

systems like buses and normal-speed trains because their tickets are usually cheaper compared to high-tech

transportation

systems.

However

, it should be noted that in most cases a simple amendment in roads or

transportation

facilities would be much more

time

-consuming than altering the whole system since it usually requires major improvement in, say, bus platform or train design. Meanwhile, fast

trains’

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train

tickets are not necessarily more expensive since their desired profit could be earned by transferring more people at any one

time

rather than higher ticket price. In conclusion, I believe that by investing a huge amount of money in developing high-speed trains between

cities people

Accept comma addition

cities, people

no longer need to spend so many hours on

roads

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the roads

and there would be huge optimization in energy consumption.