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> Wow, there is so much space around Berlin And how do you expect to move people from that empty space into Berlin? People aren't happy to be flown 50 miles ou
by geezerjay 9y ago
> Wow, there is so much space around Berlin
And how do you expect to move people from that empty space into Berlin? People aren't happy to be flown 50 miles outside the city. When that happens, all those flights coming and going into that enpty space end up addin an extra couple of hours to the travel time.
To make matters worse, that empty space tends to be connected with city centers by.... Train.
- ant6n 9y agoFun fact: there's a single train that serves the already completed train station under the not completed BER airport -- the tunnels were designed with the assumption of some air flow coming from the trains. Now that single empty run ensures the tunnels don't mold.
- andy_ppp 9y agoHaha that's amazing, as a kind of thank you how about this: I overheard on the Bakerloo line two Transport for London employees talking about safetly and one pipes up and says "of course most of the inside of the Bakerloo line is covered in asbestos, they have to spray the inside of the line with glue every year and check the air quality - it can't ever be removed of course - as soon as you disturbed it you'd be completely fucked". I try to avoid the Bakerloo line these days...