Re:France's new high-speed train has Americans asking: Why c...
by relistan on Thursday April 10, 2025 @03:26AM
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In live in Ireland where there is hardly any rail, despite once having the densest network in Europe. Would love to see further state investment here as well. Ireland is small enough that it should be possible to be in Dublin from either Cork, Galway, or Limerick in an hour.
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Re:France's new high-speed train has Americans asking: Why c...
by rsynnott on Thursday April 10, 2025 @03:44AM
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There’s a plan to build a Cork-Dublin-Belfast high speed (300km/h standard) line, but it seems unlikely to happen. There’s a more feasible-looking plan to upgrade Dublin-Cork to 200km/h (high-ish speed?); that seems likely to happen now.
Re:France's new high-speed train has Americans asking: Why c...
by igleria on Thursday April 10, 2025 @04:01AM
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As someone looking to move to notDublinButClose, I hope you get that wish!
Re:France's new high-speed train has Americans asking: Why c...
by pm215 on Thursday April 10, 2025 @03:37AM
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Mmm, when I took a train based holiday in Ireland a few years back the rail map did strike me as rather withered. You wouldn't really want to try to go from Ballina to Sligo by train these days, although you technically could...