Re:China approves $36B railway plan for Jing-Jin-Ji megacity
by smhg on Monday November 28, 2016 @11:50AM
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> Like the kind every European country figured out how to do properly
While I can't compare to US railways, EU railways have their fair share of issues. There might indeed be a fairly large offer, the structures running them seem to be an organisational mess in many countries.
Just some examples I know of:
* The Netherlands and Belgium ordered trains that were never able to drive [1].
* Rail is sometimes referred to as Germany's inefficiency secret [2].
* Rail privatisation in the UK isn't very popular [3].
Obviously it isn't all bad. But it also isn't organised properly in many EU countries.
While I can't compare to US railways, EU railways have their fair share of issues. There might indeed be a fairly large offer, the structures running them seem to be an organisational mess in many countries.
Just some examples I know of:
* The Netherlands and Belgium ordered trains that were never able to drive [1].
* Rail is sometimes referred to as Germany's inefficiency secret [2].
* Rail privatisation in the UK isn't very popular [3].
Obviously it isn't all bad. But it also isn't organised properly in many EU countries.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyra
[2] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-series-of-defe...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail#...