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Just my 2 cents, look at the impeccable safety record of shinkansen. In it's 50plus years of running and NO crashes/fatalities. We in the UK are miles behind when it comes to safety, but it's improving.
One time coming back from Wolves to B'stoke, instead of a voyager, a 170 appeared. Something to do with a faulty unit but we were swapped at New St to normal