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<p>I live in a rural community 30 miles southwest of Hamburg. Most people living here commute to Hamburg for work, which takes an average of 1 1/2 hrs. each way - providing road and traffic conditions are "normal", which they usually are not. For years, train services into Hamburg had been on the decline, inconvenient schedules, run-down stations and old and noisy rolling stock from the 1950´s, descriptively dubbed "blood-blisters". About 10 years ago, that changed dramatically. Stations were refurbished, platforms raised to allow elderly and disabled persons to enter the trains comfortably, new rolling stock was purchased, the tracks were upgraded and combination tickets were introduced, allowing to continue your travel within Hamburg without having to buy another ticket. Since then, ridership has gone up by 400%, even surpassing the figures when hardly anyone owned a car. 2 more parking lots had to be built, and a third one is right now in the planning stage.</p> <p>Who needs trains?</p> <p>We all do!</p>
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