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France had a similar debacle with ordering the wrong size trains [0]. Supposedly that blunder cost $20 billion. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27497
by 0cf8612b2e1e 4y ago
France had a similar debacle with ordering the wrong size trains [0]. Supposedly that blunder cost $20 billion.
[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27497727 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27497727
Edit: Apparently $20 billion was sticker price for all trains. Presumably something was worked out so they were not out the full bill.
- jemmyw 4y agoBecause many train platforms were older and didn't leave as much room for the train. Given the cost I wonder if they could have just done remedial work on all those platforms as the trains came online. After all, track and bridge maintenance has to happen quite regularly.
- selectodude 4y agoIt was just the station platforms, and yeah, it turned out to be cheaper to fix the platforms.