Willie Walsh, BA's boss, admits some travellers have switched from short flights to trains, which, with no elaborate security checks, are less hassle and often cheaper.

英国航空的老板威利•沃尔什承认，一些短途飞行的乘客已经改乘火车，尽管火车没有细致的安检，但是它们麻烦更少而且总是更加廉价。

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The TGV is usually cheaper, but ICE trains are used to competing with German luxury cars. This year, however, Deutsche Bahn caught flak at home for some dangerous air-conditioning malfunctions.

然而今年德国联邦铁路公司却因为一些危险的空调故障而在国内饱受指摘。

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Some Chinese complain that the new services are effectively forcing up the price of rail travel by reducing the number of, cheaper, slower-speed trains.

一些中国人抱怨道，这些新的服务卓有成效地强行使得铁路旅行的价格上升，数量，因为减少了较便宜相对较慢的列车数量。

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The firm says electric trains powered by overhead cables are cheaper to run than diesels because of lower fuel and maintenance costs.

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Compared with trucks, freight trains are fuel efficient, less labor intensive, safer, cheaper, and they don't clog up highways.

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To exploit the power of modern high-speed locomotives, engineers resort to tilting trains and special track free of sharp bends: it's cheaper than tearing up the existing rails and starting again.

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