Yes. The automobile did not become really popular and affordable until around the 1930's.
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Diesel trains are used for freight and sometimes they're used for passenger trains.
Passenger trains are used to transport passengers.
In old and gold times, you had the trains that ran on steam engines. They used to pollute a lot, when coal was burned. But then the number of trains were very less and pollution was not a great problem. Now every body is running after material things. People travel a lot and the number of trains has increased to high level. Diesel trains pollute the air to fairly large extent. Trains running on electricity do not pollute the air directly. But then the air is already polluted when the electricity was generated.
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steam engine trains.
Japanese Trains
Coal is still used in many steam engines today. Coal is not used on diesel trains or electric trains simply because it is not fuel for them. Electric trains and diesel trains are the most common trains in use, and not trains capable of using coal, because they are more efficent and much less costly to maintain.
why commuters don't used the trains
What type of coal do they use in trains?
Argentina has trains that allow people to travel more easily avoiding traffic and saving a lot of money.
The same things modern trains are used for: hauling cargo and people.