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Yes, granted. But again, the Hokuriku line was "normal", and was still 10x the cost of the Chinese line. The point of citing both was definitely to show that y
by timr 10y ago
Yes, granted. But again, the Hokuriku line was "normal", and was still 10x the cost of the Chinese line.
The point of citing both was definitely to show that you can have a pretty large variance in costs, even if you're the world expert in building these things in earthquake-prone areas.
- rangibaby 10y agoJapanese HSR is engineered to a very high standard and has also never had a fatal accident in over 50 years of operation. Chinese HSR had a fatal one within three years of the line opening: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzhou_train_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzhou_train_collision