Re:Shortest times between train stations in Europe
by likeabatterycar on Saturday December 28, 2024 @02:21PM
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> China, Russia, and India have high speed rail.
Can you cite the reasons that these large countries are capable of building high speed rail while the US is not?
One was colonised by wankers for nearly 100 years who built the railways, and they have been in maintenance mode ever since. The infrastructure is decrepit and people still ride on the outside of the trains in some cases.
China has basically no safety standards. They can crash a train, hose it off without a care, and build a new one in its place with no improvements. They continue to have construction-related industrial accidents equivalent to the 1800s in the West.
Russia is currently under embargo because they started a war and can't import parts to properly maintain their fleet of modern Western aircraft.
The irony is two of the three countries you mentioned are in the top 5 fastest growing aviation markets (India being #2).
One was colonised by wankers for nearly 100 years who built the railways, and they have been in maintenance mode ever since. The infrastructure is decrepit and people still ride on the outside of the trains in some cases.
China has basically no safety standards. They can crash a train, hose it off without a care, and build a new one in its place with no improvements. They continue to have construction-related industrial accidents equivalent to the 1800s in the West.
Russia is currently under embargo because they started a war and can't import parts to properly maintain their fleet of modern Western aircraft.
The irony is two of the three countries you mentioned are in the top 5 fastest growing aviation markets (India being #2).