Railway Network Access
Here’s something to think about:
For obvious reasons the actual network, the railway tracks, are widespread and open to access at anytime.
Additionally, the network access points – the railway stations – lack even the basic security infrastructure we are used to in air network access points- no baggage check process, no metal detectors, no excessive force presence. Everyone simply gaggles onto the platforms and trains.
To get on the platforms one does not even need to get their actual ticket checked. Individuals can simply purchase a “platform ticket” for 20R – about 50 cents, and with that ticket do anything they want on the “docked” train and the platform.
To put it bluntly: The barriers to network entry approach zero.
( This is all reminiscent of the airports of old. )
-Shlok
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