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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by burnte on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:59PM (#26703856)
> The gauge also changes between Spain and Italy.

So it changes in France? Or it changes where Italy and France meet? Or wher eFrance and Spain meet? Because Italy doesn't touch Spain.

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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by jcranmer on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:46PM (#26704487)
The gauge change is on the France/Spain border. Spain and Portugal use a different gauge from the rest of Europe.
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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by Scoundreller on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:24PM (#26704908)
Had to look this up, but the high-speed rail network in Portugal/Spain runs on standard gauge, so trips to France weren't a problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Spain

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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by jcranmer on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:29PM (#26704958)
As far as I'm aware, HSR everywhere in the world is 4'8½", even where the local rail gauge isn't (i.e., Spain and Japan). Rail Baltica is similarly planning a 4'8½" line despite local rail being 5'.
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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by bobthepanda on Monday April 05, 2021 @08:20PM (#26706455)
Velaro RUS are built to Russian gauge.
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