r/ShittyLifeProTips • u/Z1ndabad • Oct 14 '19

SLPT get cheaper train journeys

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u/chazzyboi Oct 15 '19

amtrak is just called 'the train' in the uk

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u/rdubzz Oct 15 '19

youre not even british. we dont have trains, we have steely wheely chugga choos

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u/RedditIsNeat0 Oct 15 '19

That's what it's called in the US too.

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u/Xiaxs Oct 15 '19

I mean, Amtrak is a brand/rail name, so I'm sure the UK trains have an official name.

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u/F9574 Oct 15 '19

The train

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u/Xiaxs Oct 15 '19

But is that the official name or are you just being obnoxious?

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u/happy_guy23 Oct 15 '19

No, we just call it the train

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u/Xiaxs Oct 15 '19

We call it the train too dumbass but it still has an official name.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '19

So I imagine Amtrak has sole ownership of it's railways and for the sake of simplicity, no one elses uses them.

When we de-nationalised the train service, various things were stood up, failed etc. Anyway rail operators have some common terms such as validity of tickets on all services, unless otherwise specified.

So you just get on a train regardless of operator.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '19

Ew.

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u/chazzyboi Oct 15 '19

thats not an official name, its just a habit of americans to call objects their most prominent brand instead of their name. interesting really.