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Because Germany's population is much more decentralized than most countries, which leads to a new line being planned to become a very political topic. You can't
by hobofan 8y ago
Because Germany's population is much more decentralized than most countries, which leads to a new line being planned to become a very political topic. You can't plan a line from A to B without the cities C, D, E that are roughly on the route joining in and requesting to be added as stops.
- ianleighton 8y agoOn top of that, Germany is a federal system whereas France has a very centralized government... so I imagine the politics of financing and building HSR lines is very different (and you end up with very different networks, check out the maps on wikipedia)