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 citles. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

It is claimed by several
people
governments ought to allocate most of their budget to new railway lines for very fast
trains
between cities.
Besides
this
, some
of
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the
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people
believes
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that money should be spent on improving existing public
transport
instead
of fast
trains
. I totally agree with the former and would like to highlight various advantages and drawbacks of encouraging the development of train
systems
. I agree because of 2 major
resonse
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response
reasons
.
Firstly
, safety is really important on the road and railways while
people
traveling
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to school,
work
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and work
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orn
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or
on
regular
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basis.
For instance
, drivers should concentrate
to
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road
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the road
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extremly
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extremely
when they are
on
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traffic, not just
avaid
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avoid
accidents but
also
prevent
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other drivers from causing problems on the road.
High speed
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rails
has
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oto
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to
control by high technologies which
is
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allows
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driving professional
controlling
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.
Secondly
, some
of
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people
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the people
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prefer to live
further
and
further
away from city centres where land and house
more
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are more
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affordable.
High speed
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rail allows
to
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these
communters
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commuters
to travel
greater
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a greater
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distance
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in a shorter amount of time.
In addition
to
this
,
trafic
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traffic
jam
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reduce roads delay while
caused
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least
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air
polllutants
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pollutants
with
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this
way.
On the other hand
, fast
trains
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are significantlly
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significantlly
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significantly
expensive,
some
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and some
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believe that
this
money could
be spend
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on repairing and renovating transportation
systems
which
is already exist
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. Another possibility
also
goverments
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governments
government
could allocate their budgets to build more
trains
and buses to service the ever-expanding urban population.
Moreover
, boats and ferries could benefit from a budget which focuses more on existing forms of
transport
. In conclusion, I would like to firmly agree with the suggestion of constructing new rail lines for very fast
trains
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systems
in
comprison
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comparison
to improving existing train
systems
. Public
transport
is
a
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issue which affects us all. The taxes which we pay should be spent on the type of
transport
which will have the most benefit to all citizens.
In addition
, we need to take into account how much
th
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the
environment is damaged by fossil fuels and pollution.
Therefore
, I believe in order to move forward, we need to embrace the idea of
high speed
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rail so that
futue
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future
generations can continue to live safely and efficiently.
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