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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by bluGill on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:57PM (#26706249)
Freight and passengers should never share track. The needs of both are too different. Mail and perishables are a possible exception to that rule.
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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by iggldiggl on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:16AM (#26708537)
That's easy to say in principle, but when it collides with the financial reality of then having to pay for twice the infrastructure…
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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by bluGill on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:33AM (#26710613)
If you can't pay for both sets of tracks then you need a road where both trucks and cars can mix.
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