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This looks inferior to an underground railway in every aspect.
by cybrox 4y ago
This looks inferior to an underground railway in every aspect.
- nkassis 4y agoI was thinking the same. Why not just a railway?
- krasin 4y agoOne possible explanation is that they might not have enough space for terminals on both ends. Electrical trucks could merge into a normal road and go directly to a distribution center.
- Waterluvian 4y agoThey’re autonomous so it’s unlikely they’ll ever merge with normal roads.
- krasin 4y agoGood point. I've looked deeper: https://www.cst.ch/en/why-cst/ https://www.cst.ch/en/why-cst/ Apparently, they don't actually have electric trucks. Instead, they have "pods" for individual pallets: "Innovation is also a significant feature of Cargo sous terrain because it will for the first time be economically viable to transport small volumes on individual pallets or containers on an ongoing basis. The continuous flow of small-component goods obviates the need for waiting times at transfer stations. In addition, the space requirement can be massively reduced because temporary goods storage is no longer necessary"
- HillBates 4y ago
- bobthepanda 4y agoThe Swiss are building those too: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/trans-alpine-rail-tunnels/index.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/trans-alpine-rail-tunnels... Being sandwiched between Germany, Austria, France and Italy, Switzerland gets a lot of transit traffic. At this point, nothing is really off the table to deal with it.
- _nalply 4y agoBuilt is the right word for the trans-alpine rail tunnels. But why stop here? The Swiss continue to build even more tunnels, one of them is the Eppenberg railroad tunnel.
- bobthepanda 4y agoEither way, with Switzerland sandwiched between the three largest EU economies, there are really no options off the table. The solution described in the article is just one of many.