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Germany and UK sign declaration for direct rail link (www.iamexpat.de)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34793815

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[–] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Please no, we're already spending 60 billion on like 30 miles of 'high' speed rail, a direct rail link to germany would suck in so much cash it would probably implode the entire world economy somehow.
(Not a dig against rail just the UKs incredible ability to spend gargantuan amounts of money for almost nothing)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Germany is spending billions in 10km of highway in the middle of Berlin, that no locals want, and will end in local roads that can't drain even half of the protected traffic. At least this project is not completely imbecilic.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's going to be the same thing as with the Brenner tunnel.

    It's a massive rail project connecting Italy, Austria and Germany. Italy and Austria are building a massive 64km long tunnel through the Alps, mostly on time and in budget (slight overrun, not a lot).

    Germany is supposed to build a surface rail track to connect to the tunnel. Nothing complicated, just rail tracks. They haven't even started yet, because a handful NIMBYs are more important than a huge infrastructure project.

    Expect the same when UK and Germany are building a direct rail connection.

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