I just witnessed the superiority of trains in action

I recently attended a festival. Large numbers of people in one area are always a logistical nightmare. I've attended fests before, always been worried about getting there and leaving. It's a major pain to move huge crowds of people out of an area with road vehicles. They suck. They just don't have the capacity needed to empty a venue quickly.

Well, turns out I needn't have worried. This venue had a train station inside it. It was a large open ground with a station near the parking area. As soon as the festival ended, there were signs guiding us to the station. It was an easy walk from the grounds to the station. Once there, there were trains running every 10 mins to whisk people away into the city, where they could board other trains to their destination.

It was so easy and painless. Within 15 mins of walking out of the grounds, I was on a train. I had to make just one switch to get home. No waiting for half an hour hoping to get an Uber and paying ridiculous prices. No getting stuck in traffic. It was almost as mundane as catching a train on a regular work day.

I feel like every single venue that holds large numbers of people should be built with a transit stop either right outside, or inside if space permits. It speeds up things so much. When you see things like this, it becomes blatantly obvious how well trains work, and how much a moronic idea like the loop, would suck. When it comes to bulk traffic, there's no beating rail vehicles.