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Introduction: Another stereotype is affirmed when I go on the U.K. rail system webpage and it repeatedly times out on me. At one point I have a browser open with the itinerary I’m interested in, and then awhile later I reopen the window (not clicking on anything on the page, just bringing the window up on the screen) but it’s timed out again. P.S. Yes, yes, I know that Amtrak is worse. Still, it’s amusing to see a confirmation that, at least in one respect, the British trains are as bad as they say.
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