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> what's the point in keeping a parallel alignment free? Freight, which has seen a huge growth over the past 10-15 years, especially inter-modal traffic.
by teh_klev 11y ago
> what's the point in keeping a parallel alignment free?
Freight, which has seen a huge growth over the past 10-15 years, especially inter-modal traffic.
- Someone 11y agoAlso: redundancy. If a road gets closed because of a traffic accident, people take a slightly slower detour, and get home. For trains, there often is no alternative that isn't at least twice as long, and includes a switch between trains with a waiting time that is long because the time schedule wasn't designed for that weird switch.
- madaxe_again 11y agoRedundant, you say? Tear it up! Amazing how that word is contronymic, yet not.