Moscow-Kazan High Speed Rail line proceeding nicely, first section to open in 6 years:https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/first-section-of-moscow-kazan-high-speed-line-to-open-in-2024.html …
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Rail service returning to an old suburban (?) line in Montevideo, Uruguay, after 6 years of suspension:https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/passenger-service-reinstated.html …
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China is an interesting country to watch for, re: high speed rail. They are doing unconventional things that we have been told can’t work.
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This is Thailand--but what sort of things do you have in mind re: China?
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My mind got scrambled and I read that as Beijing. But the conventional thinking in West is rail can only be successful if run by governments, financed by taxes, and cover short distances. China defying those beliefs.
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Certainly conventional thinking in the West is that rail can only be successful if run by gov, financed by taxes...but overwhelmingly Westerners think rail is for long range, intercity travel--they routinely neglect suburban and regional travel
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...also China's HSR is 100% tax financed and run by the government (well, by state-owned enterprises)
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Yes, state-owned company. But not run by or sustained by government. What PRC does - like any owner - is it gives the company the seed money, then company is expected to support itself financially. Also much if not all of that seed money came from the other SOEs, not tax money.
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For operations, maybe--but certainly not for construction of new lines
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Private companies built almost every mile of track in the US. When when Amtrak runs on them it’s like their throw money into the furnace.
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