With the enhancement of people's sense of time, passengers demand more about the punctuality of trains, but a passenger train delay is still inevitable.

随着人们时间观念的增强，广大旅客对客运列车的准时运行要求越来越高，但是客运列车晚点仍难以避免。

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ROCKFORD: "So what?" ALLEN: "By the time we came out, we looked like the last two passengers on Noah's Ark."

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And,the ships cannot bring on land more than one hundred passengers at a time.

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And for passengers, such as Manzoor Hussain and his family, the situation has cost them time they can never get back.

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Supported by other major players in the aviation industry, including BAA and SITA, it aims to cut the time passengers spend between the check-in desk and departure gate.

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By the time passengers step off at the last stop, chances are that their train will have clanked and jolted its way round a fifth of the circumference of planet Earth.

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Hertz allows customers to rent cars at automated kiosks, just as airlines have for some time allowed passengers to check in without talking to anyone.

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