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All you describe can be said about the Shinkansen when it was introduced in the 60s - and look at it now.
by m_mueller 8y ago
All you describe can be said about the Shinkansen when it was introduced in the 60s - and look at it now.
- ucaetano 8y agoNope. There was no high-speed rail in Japan then. Japan wasn't in the 60's what Switzerland is today.
- m_mueller 8y agoDon’t know what you mean, Switzerland has no high speed rail worth speaking of. TGV and ICE have to drive slowly due to curves. If you’ve ever driven trains in Switzerland and compare to Shinkansen, it’s not even close.
- ucaetano 8y agoIt doesn't need a Shinkansen when the country is twice as big as the Bay Area. But it has high speed rail. And regardless, replacing existing infrastructure with something like the Swissmetro is a terrible idea.