英语高手请进!拒绝翻译软件的直译,谢谢Thissuggeststhatrailwillbequitecompetitivewithcarforlongdistancejourneysevenwithoutveryhighspeeds.However,overlongerdistancesitisairthatisthemaincompetitor.Giventypi

　　英语高手请进!拒绝翻译软件的直译,谢谢

　　Thissuggeststhatrailwillbequitecompetitivewithcarforlongdistancejourneysevenwithoutveryhighspeeds.However,overlongerdistancesitisairthatisthemaincompetitor.Giventypicalaccessandegresstimesfromairports,itisraretoachieveacitycentretocitycentretimebyairmuchbelow3hours,howevershortthejourney.Thusthethreehourjourneytimeisoftenseenasanimportantwatershedforrailservices.However,itisimportanttorecognisethatmanybusinesstripswillhaveoneorotherendlocatedoutofthecitycentre,sothatsomeaccesstimefortherailservicemustbeaddedonaswell.Thelowertherailjourneytimefallsbelow3hours,again,thegreaterthepotentialcatchmentareafortherailservice.Ontheotherhand,wherethereisnodirectairservice,orfrequenciesarepoor,railmaycompeteinthebusinessmarketwithsubstantiallylongerjourneytimes.

　　Theleisuremarketisgenerallymuchmorepricesensitive,withlowervaluesoftime.Nevertheless,improvedrailspeedsmayleadtosomesubstitutionfromthemainleisurecompetitor-thecar-aswellassomediversionfromcoachamongstthosewithnocaravailable.Itisalsointheleisuremarketthatonewouldexpectthatthepotentialforgeneratingtotallynewtrips,forinstancebymakingadayorweekendsocialorrecreationaltripfeasiblewhereitwasnotbefore,wouldbehighest.

　　Howdoestheevidencefromintroductionofhighspeedservicestodatematchuptotheseexpectations?InBritain,thehistoryofhighspeedrailservicesinGreatBritainsofarrestsmainlywithtwotrains;theAdvancedPassengerTrainandtheHighSpeedDieselTrain(orInterCity125).TheroutesforwhichthesetwotrainswereprimarilyintendedareillustratedinFigure1.