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Just for the information Switzerland neither does ;)
by lava_pidgeon 6mo ago
Just for the information Switzerland neither does ;)
- ceejayoz 6mo agoCA’s high speed rail isn’t high speed by European standards and it looks on the way to cancelation or significant curtailment. We can’t even manage what y’all would consider slow rail.
- lava_pidgeon 6mo agoI don't know but Swiss isn't the only train system that works but also Spain, Italy, France. Poland has a growing better train system . The swiss system has it's advantages but it is also very expensive. It might also worth it to check them out
- ceejayoz 6mo agoI’ve ridden on several. “Others do it even better and cheaper” makes the US failure to build and maintain infrastructure like this even sadder.
- Moldoteck 6mo agoThe advantage of swiss system is fast transfers. Hsr would likely break this system (no point in arriving faster if your connection gets longer by 10-15min
- lava_pidgeon 6mo agoThat's a very National focussed perspective and thus definitely a disadvantage of the Swiss train system ;)
- panick21_ 6mo agoI'm Swiss and I disagree, and so do many experts. First of all, arriving earlier is always good, because many people who get off on that stop still arrive earlier. Also, people who connect to a different mode of transit, such as Trams or S-Bahns very likely can catch an earlier connection. In addition, if we built proper high speed lines, would could increase the frequency so much that it doesn't actually matter anymore. So it doesn't actually break the system, it improves it. Join us in advocating for this vision: https://swissrailvolution.ch/#goals https://swissrailvolution.ch/#goals
- lmm 6mo agoSwitzerland has a few sections of barely-high-speed rail such as the Lötschberg Base Tunnel.