On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 18:05:44 +0100 Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > I can understand it for the Netherlands as they cannot get their high > speed tracks and trains up and running (instead of outsourcing in > europe they should have hired Japanese companies instead). > > (A few days ago I passed by train the tracks where these > non-functional italian high speed trains are stalled ... overpainted > by graffity in the meantime. It's always fun to drive by car along > the dedicated expensive track for container-trains ... that track > kind of stops at the german border.)
We are talking about "traditional" overnight trains, not high-speed trains. But it is indeed investment in high-speed trains that is killing lower-cost, traditional rail. > ps. Texies travel to BT by bus. I know, I tried seeing about getting there by train and concluded that it was faster and cheaper to carpool with Taco, driving first to the Netherlands! Alan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________