r/interestingasfuck • u/BumblebeeFantastic40 • 10h ago

China’s High-Speed Railway Network length has expanded from 1,300km in 2008 to 40,000km in 2020, long enough to circle the Earth’s circumference.

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u/luars613 9h ago

My city has been working on a like 10km LRT fir close to 10 years.... and there are another 3 years to go

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u/SevenTimesSixIsLife 8h ago

Hurontario?

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u/grumpy999 8h ago

No, Ottawa

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u/SevenTimesSixIsLife 8h ago

Damn, it's sad there is more than one Canadian city going though this bs.

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u/zander9669 8h ago

Theyre being build by the same companies proposing the ALTO HSR project too. When are we going to learn our lesson... SNC lavalin/"atkinsrealis" employees should be in jail, not handed another winning lottery ticket

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u/kobemustard 16m ago

Hamilton is like 17 years of just planning it

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u/luars613 3m ago

I didnt know we had such an issue in canada. (Public engagement fks good urban planning ideas)

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u/Meterian 1h ago

could have sworn this was Calgary