The stylish new fleet, which has caused an online stir thanks to its “70s space age vibes,” will enter service on the Paris-Lyon-Marseilles line in 2026.
That’s the case in any country with high speed rail: tracks are the devils of the details.
I mean in the end, especially with a country as small as France, there’s not a whole lot of difference between 320 and 350km/h. (I mean going one end of China to the other and that difference adds up, but not one end of France to the other.)
But … what’s stopping them from making the track changes needed?
That’s the case in any country with high speed rail: tracks are the devils of the details.
I mean in the end, especially with a country as small as France, there’s not a whole lot of difference between 320 and 350km/h. (I mean going one end of China to the other and that difference adds up, but not one end of France to the other.)
But … what’s stopping them from making the track changes needed?
Too expensive to rebuild half the tracks to allow higher speeds.
The cost and the downtime.