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These ones are probably custom made because they’re being built to a 1-meter gauge. There are about 3 popular train gauges in Spain: 1m, Iberian and the high s

These ones are probably custom made because they’re being built to a 1-meter gauge. There are about 3 popular train gauges in Spain: 1m, Iberian and the high speed trains at least use the European standard so they can travel non-stop. Toronto had to spend a lot more money on its streetcar refresh because they use a gauge nobody else uses, along with tighter turning radii than most other systems. No off-the-shelf possible. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/ttc-flexity-streetcars-testing-delivery-bombardier.3263/page-423 https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/ttc-flexity-streetcars... Usually manufacturers take their standard designs and modify them, but can run into issues like where things unexpectedly resonate because you tweaked the design subtly.

pvaldes 4y ago
a) First Spanish railways were built more wide by design than french ones. This allows more speed and stability but has the plus to disconnecting the Iberian Peninsula from Europe on purpose [1]. Therefore replacing the old trains is not so simple as just choosing a new model in a maker's catalogue. b) Neither is to fix the railway. The North of Spain has a lot of mountains so to fix the thousands of extant tunnels would be just too expensive. The delay to connect the North with Madrid by fast train can be measured in decades and a main obstacle is snow melting and falling through tiny crevices to flood the tunnels in construction. We have very good engineers but unexpected events just happen. All of this said, none of this facts should be a secret for the maker, and after hearing about the other cases, I wouldn't bet that this is not an old maker's trick to increase the bills. Not without more context. As politician Revilla is an opportunist survivor, so acting outraged is expected [2]. ---------------- [1] Therefore blocking other countries to use their trains to move troops and tanks and invading Spain in a lightning operation. When your neighbor could be Napoleon or Hitler is better to be safe than sorry. This sword cuts both ways and was a problem later in peace times to export our products to Europe. [2] He just will say anything that his current audience wants to hear, as has been doing for decades. He knows probably that acting angry and blaming other will deflect any responsibilities far from himself.

pvaldes 4y ago

a) First Spanish railways were built more wide by design than french ones. This allows more speed and stability but has the plus to disconnecting the Iberian Peninsula from Europe on purpose [1]. Therefore replacing the old trains is not so simple as just choosing a new model in a maker's catalogue. b) Neither is to fix the railway. The North of Spain has a lot of mountains so to fix the thousands of extant tunnels would be just too expensive. The delay to connect the North with Madrid by fast train can be measured in decades and a main obstacle is snow melting and falling through tiny crevices to flood the tunnels in construction. We have very good engineers but unexpected events just happen. All of this said, none of this facts should be a secret for the maker, and after hearing about the other cases, I wouldn't bet that this is not an old maker's trick to increase the bills. Not without more context. As politician Revilla is an opportunist survivor, so acting outraged is expected [2]. ---------------- [1] Therefore blocking other countries to use their trains to move troops and tanks and invading Spain in a lightning operation. When your neighbor could be Napoleon or Hitler is better to be safe than sorry. This sword cuts both ways and was a problem later in peace times to export our products to Europe. [2] He just will say anything that his current audience wants to hear, as has been doing for decades. He knows probably that acting angry and blaming other will deflect any responsibilities far from himself.