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Looking at the dates when the high speed lines (AVE) were opened in Spain [1], save for one (1992), all the rest were opened after 2003, and most were opened in
by molmalo 7y ago
Looking at the dates when the high speed lines (AVE) were opened in Spain [1], save for one (1992), all the rest were opened after 2003, and most were opened in the last decade.
France keeps extending their network too... Same with other countries.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE#Lines_in_operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE#Lines_in_operation
- beerandt 7y agoThen I have a misunderstanding of EU regulation on the matter. Is it entirely new right of way construction or upgrades? In the US the last giant scale build-out was permitted before the EPA or Army Corps of Engineers had any regulatory teeth on the matter. Most projects since have been lane additions or incremental extensions. Loops have been built, but are politically easier since they only need to make one metro area happy. There's only been a handful of "new" interstates built since then (at a substantially higher cost). Much of the originally planned interstate system (that was to be a later phase) just never got built.