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The hyperloop is dead for real this time(www.theverge.com)

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YMS@kbin.social
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US is probably the only country that went back on rail transport. Every other country is taking it as far as they possibly can.

I don’t know for other countries, but Germany (that has a decent high-speed rail network, to be fair) had a rail network of almost 55,000 km in the 50s and less than 40,000 today. More than 300 train stations have been closed since the year 2000 alone.

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https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/bahn-schienennetz-deutschland-1835-bis-heute/
https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/themen/aktuell/336-bahnhoefe-seit-2000-stillgelegt/

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flora_explora@beehaw.org
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And high-speed trains are chronically late… :/

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Come on, almost two thirds of DB Fernverkehr’s trains are punctual (if you accept DB’s definition of punctuality, which allows six minutes of delay to still be counted as punctual).

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