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> Tesla built a train station at the end of its new short line *specifically to serve its new Gigafactory outside Berlin.* Emphasis mine. I was worried but th
by q87b 3y ago
> Tesla built a train station at the end of its new short line *specifically to serve its new Gigafactory outside Berlin.*
Emphasis mine.
I was worried but this seems quite irrelevant to the German passenger landscape. Phew!
- stephen_g 3y agoYes, this is just a short branch to service their factory. Not what people usually mean when they say 'railway line' (which would usually have more than one station).
- Aardwolf 3y agoIt's got to have at least 2, even this one I hope
- stephen_g 3y agoNot many details in the article but it says they built a station, which probably means the trains they have contracted come from a station on the main line (not owned by Tesla), branch off and run to the Telsa station and then go back.
- masklinn 3y agoAh so it’s just a company / warehouse rail extension? Pretty much a standard feature for decades?
- stkdump 3y agoIt is a standard feature for many factories, but usually for transporting cargo, not passengers/commuters.
- wolframhempel 3y agoBecause Deutsche Bahn is doing such a splendid job and it'd be a shame to have an alternative to it?
- mcv 3y agoI'm all for having someone fix DB, but I'm not so sure I trust a car manufacturer who hates public transit to do it.
- jwestbury 3y agoI don't see the problem. They could make a bunch of tunnels and put cars in them. Think about how efficient it would be! Hundreds of passengers per hour!
- HWR_14 3y agoIn general, does competition among companies that share the railroad tracks turn out well?
- Akronymus 3y agoNo need to look far. In austria the ÖBB and Westbahn are competing. And it turned out quite well.
- mathverse 3y agoI believe czech Regiojet also competes in AT.
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- switch007 3y agoI think it can appear good on the surface and initially (cheaper tickets wow!) but then for example here in the UK you have newer train operators with special statuses, who have different compensation schemes, who choose to interpret legislation in different ways etc. eg LNER (an older much larger rail brand) often refuse to carry passengers with a Grand Central (a newer low cost operator) ticket when there is disruption because of internal disagreements between the two companies and different interpretation of the law/contract. This is confusing, annoying and often very expensive for passengers when they board an LNER train (as it’s the next one) and get told they have to buy new tickets It reminds me of low cost airlines and look at the state of flying these days. Everyone is “low cost” but often without the low cost part. Ie it dragged the bar down so low