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		MomoXenosaga on July 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deutsche Bahn’s Meltdown and High-Speed Rail Unfortunately doubling rail in cities means you have to demolish whole swaths of the city. Even the Japanese have these problems with their Shinkansen. There is no space unless you go underground.

rpadovani on July 25, 2022 [–]

Yeah, they want to do everything underground, but they really miscalculated completion time and costs.

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