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In the past, the railroad provided the fastest and most efficient kind of transport. At the present time, trains are still important; but they have serious competitors(竞争者) in the car, bus and airplane. Now people have their choice of several kinds of public vehicles that almost always leave and arrive on time. Trains provide safe, comfortable and relatively inexpensive means of transport. What will happen in the future? Will it be possible to leave New York when one gets up and arrive in Pairs in time for breakfast?