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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.

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In some countries, a part of
people
believe
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 that a huge amount of
money
 has to be spent on building new
railway
lines
 through which trains move between cities very fast. Other
people
 argue that the
money
 should be used to upgrade existing transportation facilities. On one hand, it is said that quality matters more than quantity. In
this
 case, it means that a lot of insufficient
railway
lines
 are no good because
people
 cannot benefit from a facility
which
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 is in
an
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awful condition. So if the officials spend large amounts of
money
 on new
lines
 while the existing ones are low in quality, it would be a waste of
money
 and other resources.
On the other hand
, it needs to be noticed that every citizen has the right to use public transportation and the only way to make
this
 possible is by providing enough
railway
lines
. As a consequence,
people
 from all the regions of a country can travel quickly to every other city and crowded trains and expensive tickets would not be a burden on them.
Also
, I think the high number of
railway
lines
 in a country is a significant factor of its being developed and civilized.
As
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a
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conclusion, while it is reasonable that some
people
 argue that a country’s budget should be spent on renewing
existing
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the existing
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 transportation system, I believe that the
money
 has to be used for building new
railway
lines
 designed for high-speed trains between cities.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • infrastructure
  • efficient
  • congestion
  • sustainable
  • environmentally friendly
  • connectivity
  • economic growth
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