Europe needs some huge infrastructure projects. I wish the EU would make some huge investments - yes, I know it is socialism. Why not connect all the major hubs

Europe needs some huge infrastructure projects. I wish the EU would make some huge investments - yes, I know it is socialism. Why not connect all the major hubs? Why should it not be possible to go from Lisbon to Moscow by high speed train? Build 4 tracks, two for transportation of passengers, 2 for freight. The Transrapid was a stupid idea but rail is an established technology and can be improved easily. Some of the Technology is there already, for example to reduce the huge traffic on the European roads: http://www.cargobeamer.eu/Technology-849174.html http://www.cargobeamer.eu/Technology-849174.html Should be no problem, to have automatic coupling/decoupling of parts of the train, separating at major hubs going to different destinations. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6713273&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6713273 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=671327... Also, Trains are run by electricity which can be created through nuclear energy (Thorium reactors in the future etc.). I see a point in the future, where we DON'T have the resources to build such an infrastructure anymore: http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/10/the-energy-trap/ http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/10/the-energy-trap/ And yes, I know, the Nazis thought up similar things: http://jalopnik.com/5819038/hitlers-giga-railway-from-paris-to-the-caspian-sea http://jalopnik.com/5819038/hitlers-giga-railway-from-paris-... http://www.breitspurbahn.de/3000.html http://www.breitspurbahn.de/3000.html