[HN Gopher] Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace ai...
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       Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes
        
       Author : simonebrunozzi
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-07-06 20:45 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | yrgulation wrote:
       | I'd take such train rides even if just for relaxing. There's
       | something therapeutic in staring in the distance through the
       | windows of a train or sleeping with the repetitive sound made by
       | its wheels. Assuming they would provide private sleeping cabins.
        
       | Arrezz wrote:
       | I believe that this is a key part of a sustainable future in
       | terms of climate impact but I really don't know if we have what
       | it takes to pull off a project of this size. It's interesting
       | that it seems like these type of large infrastructure projects
       | were more on schedule and feasible a century ago.
        
         | ben_w wrote:
         | I think scale of this is a bit bigger than most of what we
         | actually did in Europe a century ago, as the who-pays-for-
         | cross-border question was even harder then. The closest fit
         | anywhere would probably be the USA interstate network.
        
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