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The ICEs are already plenty fast, the issue is they share rail with the much slower and less reliable RBs. Any delay cascades and you can't just make ICEs go fa
by tootyskooty 1y ago
The ICEs are already plenty fast, the issue is they share rail with the much slower and less reliable RBs. Any delay cascades and you can't just make ICEs go faster to catch up.
On a €/(avg. ICE speed) basis likely makes more sense to invest directly in RB.
- westpfelia 1y agoYea. Who cares if you can hit 405 km/h if you are just going to get stuck behind a train carrying goods for 2 hours unable to move.
- detaro 1y agoWhile DB is obviously involved, this test train included cars from a new design that Siemens primarily is aiming at the export market (E.g. US Brightline West, various projects in Asia, ...).