Air travel has become pretty prosaic now.<p>I&#x27;m in Taiwan at the moment, and there is something pretty pleasing about travelling on the HSR rail here - it seems more in line with the bullet trains of Japan, than the fast trains in Europe (which are still good - discounting the UK, which just has the Eurostar).<p>The trains all go extremely fast on mostly dedicated lines and the stations are the larger modern type - reminiscent of airports, but without the mega long walks or security.<p>Google image search -<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com.tw&#x2F;search?q=high+speed+rail+taiwan&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjTr96mi7rJAhUI6CYKHRC_AcAQ_AUICCgB&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=661" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com.tw&#x2F;search?q=high+speed+rail+taiwan&amp;so...</a>