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I’m sitting in this damn Intercity Express train (15549). Just calling it ‘Express’ is a joke! The train is filthy, and the smell is horrible, it’s disgusting! There’s dirty water collected everywhere, and people are being forced to sit in it like animals. We pay so much tax, and...

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