France unveils ‘incredible’ new high-speed TGV trains : publictransport

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

We don't need that seriously. We need railroad maintenance, more trains and more drivers.

[+] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Even outside of major airports, luggage space is a pain for TGV

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Indeed, I noticed this problem with German ICE trains as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The term German ICE trains just have a jarring sound to me...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Even the FEX im Berlin lacks space for luggage and it's a train service explicitly created for the new airport.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Endemic everywhere I've used HSR. It's a pity, really. (Though at least some of them will provide a luggage car that you can put larger or higher-count luggage in.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

320km/h? Welcome to one generation behind, France!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They were the first movers with modern tracks, and now those older tracks hold them back. The TGV itself can go much faster in theory.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Too expensive to rebuild half the tracks to allow higher speeds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The cost and the downtime.

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