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Meanwhile, over here, we're paying EUR ~10 billion to rebuild a single train station in one of our mid-sized cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21
by morsch 5y ago
Meanwhile, over here, we're paying EUR ~10 billion to rebuild a single train station in one of our mid-sized cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21
OTOH, building the HSR between Berlin and Munich (~500 km) was also about EUR 10 billion, which I guess makes it a bargain. These things aren't comparable, though.
- hef19898 5y agoIMHO Stuttgart 21 is as much a real estate grab as it is about a new rail station. Not sure, but doesn't the cost include all/ parts of the new tunnels and railways that go through the not-so-stable hills east of Stuttgart? Anyway, Stuttgart 21 is a highly convoluted project, one that was really pushed hard by politicians. The last bit makes me usually skeptical in itself.