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The Chinese method for building high speed rail is much more cost effective and exceptionaly quick to build, at more than 1km/day. The main machine is just a gi
by metalman 2y ago
The Chinese method for building high speed rail is much more cost effective and exceptionaly quick to build, at more than 1km/day.
The main machine is just a giant girder bridge on wheels, and the process is largely automated.
Given that the route bieng proposed is in the industrial belt of Canada, and the US rust belt is next door, and there is deap water marine access at the Quebec end, this should be as easy as it gets.
The problem with it bieng federal, is that it excludes the rest of the country, and relegates the "have not" provinces to click click, bang, shudder, rail service, so it's telling that this is even seeing the light of day.
- amelius 2y agoIs there any video footage of this machine?
- Teever 2y agoGeography and density are the only things excluding the rest of the country from getting HSR. Vancouver to Seattle and Edmonton to Calgary are the only other locations in Canada where it would be cot effective. Edmonton could even end up with a terminus station in downtown Edmonton instead of the airport at the edge of the city but that likely won't happen due to provincial and municipal incompetence if they even get around ot building HSR in Alberta.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoIs that like the machine used to build the REM in Montreal on time and under budget? (#3 in https://rem.info/en/news/five-innovative-techniques-build-rem https://rem.info/en/news/five-innovative-techniques-build-re...)