In a number of countries, some people think it is 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 these views and give your own opinion.

Some people argue that more money should be invested in the construction of new railways lines for
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trains, whereas others believe that existing public transport should be upgraded and have more economic investment.
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views and will provide my personal opinion on
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matter. On the one hand, introducing very fast trains between cities might bring many advantages to the community. Countries which have very fast
train
are proven to have a larger number of visitors. Unlike plane tickets, fast
train
tickets are way cheaper and tourists find it interesting as they can see several
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of the country.
For instance
, a lot of people travel
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Europe cities very often because of the fast
train
availability
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there.
In addition
, the implementation of these trains might bring more jobs opportunities for residents. If they have fast trains available in their cities, they might have more jobs prospects.
For instance
, if they have a meeting in another city, it will not be necessary to pay for hotel or expensive plane' tickets, as they can just take a fast
train
and attend the meeting without staying there.
On the other hand
, projects of
this
magnitude have several drawbacks and in some cases
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they are not as effective as they are seen to be.
First
of all, the construction of very fast
train
railways might take a great deal of time before being available to the community.
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project involves several studies and in some cases
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they are not completed because of the lack of fund and the quality of the country soil.
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xisting public transport might save more money and time. While building new railways lines for very fast
train
takes huge sums of money, buying new buses or making the tracks and roads wider might be way less expensive.
Furthermore
, if more buses are bought, more people will have jobs driving or operating the system.
Lastly
, from an
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environmental
prospective
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, buses and
train
can be updated and be zero carbon emission
instead
, which is
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beneficial
for the planet. To conclude,
although
very fast trains might bring more tourists to the cities and more economic growth, to me, it is not always
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necessary
, I would say that there are more advantages improving the existing public transport in a long term.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • infrastructure
  • efficient
  • congestion
  • sustainable
  • environmentally friendly
  • connectivity
  • economic growth
  • public transportation
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