Well, so long as they ’safely) take us from A to B and then C, who cares ;-)
Happy new Track Chris :-)
Amities
Philippe
PS: I believe the spanish TGV has German genes and is dual tracks, may be wrong
though …
> Le 31 déc. 2018 à 19:22, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Spanish and Portugese railways are "Iberian Gauge" railways, being 5' 5
> 21/32" wide:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian-gauge_railways
>
> Most railways are 4' 8 1/2", which folklore says goes back to the
> distance between the wheels of a Roman war charriot, which in turn were that
> distance so as to accomodate a pair of horses.
>
> As you can see from the Wikipedia page, there are wider ones.
>
>>
>> I have no idea about any track gauge differences between France and Spain,
>> I think it is the same. As to the relationship between our AVE and the
>> French TGV, I don’t know either. I use both (the TGV usually between
>> Brussels and Paris). Both go approximately 300 km/h. That is all I need
>> to know ;-)
>>
>>
>>> Was that high-speed train the derivative of the French TGV with the
>>> wider track guage?
>>>
>>
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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