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Re:French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights by wirrbel on Sunday April 11, 2021 @06:35PM (#26774120)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway

Snow isn't an obstacle to trains (unless you don't want trains to be a reality).

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Re:French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights by fredophile on Sunday April 11, 2021 @07:19PM (#26774455)
The trans siberian railway isn't high speed. There are plans to make some of it high speed but the only article I could find was from 2018 and at that time it was still only in the early planning stages and expected to cost billions of USD [0].

[0] https://www.railway-technology.com/features/moscow-kazan-hig....

(Edited to fix an autocorrect correction from my phone)

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Re:French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights by go_blue_13 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:12PM (#26775189)
>trans siberian railway

>edmonton to calgary

I think think there's a slight difference between the things we're comparing

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Re:French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights by refurb on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:31PM (#26775313)
It certainly makes things more difficult. You need to clear tracks, build shelters where there is avalanche risk.
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