Thread 213379550

>Portugal to have high speed train
LET'S FUCKING GO!!! FUCK BRAZIL!

Buy our trains. They're good.

we already have high speed trains

I will never ride a train in my life

>>213379642
no, buy ours theyre better

>>213379687
why? here they are the most convenient. they are pretty fast (130~kmh), have good air conditioning and skip all the traffic jams

>>213379642
>>213379702
Digits and we will buy Polish. Singles, spanish. This way it is fair.

>>213379896
>33
Polish train it is. Dziękuję!

>>213379779
>they are pretty fast (130~kmh)
That's the highway speed limit

>have good air conditioning
My car has good air conditioning as well

>and skip all the traffic jams
I'll take being stuck in a traffic jam over sharing my space with strangers

>>213379663
>>213379779
Do you want to be annihilated completely in an instant because you live in a failed state? I wouldn't

>>213379924
Your loss, our greatest ally Uzbekistan will enjoy first world high speed engineering and infrastructure instead.

>>213379779
>>213379947
>130~kmh
is this a joke? they're supposed to be a lot faster than that, what kind of fucking trains do you have there?
in italy the slow old ass trains are going at 180kmh or some shit like that, the fast ones at 250-300kmh

>>213380107
All uzbekistanis secretly hate the spanish, it is known.

>>213380216
Did you know they're the only -stan country with HSR?

>>213380290
How did the Chinese do it? People always talk about the bullet train but never the Chinese one.

>>213379702
we don't produce hi-speed trains unless Pesa manages to buy Spanish Talgo

>>213380212
Our trains are actually slower than that lmfao. The tracks haven't been maintained since the end of the war, so if a train goes any faster than 70 - 80 km/h, chances are it'll derail at a turn.

>>213380405
They literally talk about it all the time, though. China's HSR buildup is a very hot topic in both rail and climate circles.

>>213380290
I did not. I fucking KNEEL to my Uzbeki overlords!

>>213380290
>that Saudi operator logo
kek'd

>>213380600
brutal
its understandable to just drive then

>>213379550 (OP)
>tgv
Based portuguese knower, world record's still standing
https://youtu.be/EOdATLzRGHc

>>213379550 (OP)
Rent free

>>213379702
>randomly stops on the mainline due to geofencing

>>213379642
We'll buy them again if you promise to not get your factories flooded again.

>>213380212
it makes sense because we are a densely populated country. I dont know how efficient would real fast trains be if they stop pretty often and distances arent really serious.
>>213379947
>I'll take being stuck in a traffic jam over sharing my space with strangers
Maybe you are used to it or traffic isnt really bad but sitting a few hours every morning in a highway seems to kill of boredom (and pollution) plus trains are full of qts

Wow Portugal goes directly from donkey pulled carts to high speed trains

Speaking of a glow up

>>213380802
>>213381284
I think there's also a cultural issue at play. In Greece, the belief that railways are a relic of the 19th Century is very pervasive and constantly reinforced through the absolute state of our rail infrastructure. This has resulted in people driving everywhere, and in turn demanding more and better road infrastructure. This widens the gap between road and rail even more, creating a vicious cycle that has effectively locks rail out of any improvements.

>>213381284
200 or 250 km/h operating speed would be pretty good for Israel, not every train needs to stop in Rishon LeZion

>>213381974
Listen carefully Mario, every train in the world should stop in Rishon LeZion for the Shahar memorial

>>213379550 (OP)
?

>>213380290
o talgo

>>213379550 (OP)
a single high speed line from north to south would be kino

>>213379550 (OP)
I thought you already had it
>poortugal
Lol

>>213380945
Kek. This is supposed to be a western european "first world" country but in their minds they are in a infrastructure competition with a poor third world country. Embarassing

>>213381850
It depeneds how bad traffic is in greece. do you have congested dangerous roads? If not then trains are a less obvious choice. Having an alternative to roads could be useful for those who prefer it but that reason only maybe isnt worth the pricetag and time it takes to build a proper system.
>>213381974
>not every train needs to stop in Rishon LeZion
Thats a revolutionary idea. I would send a letter to our transit minister about it but she is probably on a "business" trip in morroco or hungary

paid for by EU (Germany and Sweden)

>>213382372
We were prohibited from fishing in our own waters for those funds. Fair trade.

>>213382372
Even Italy pays more than you, sven. Sit down.

>>213382281
Congested, yes. Dangerous, not so much. Accidents do happen, but they're almost always the fault of the driver, who's usually some 80something geezer who can only see 2 meters in front of him. I personally am in favor of building out more rail and making it free to use for seniors, if only to get them off the road.

>>213379550 (OP)
is Portugal even long enough for that to make sense?

>>213383939
Portugal has only two cities so it's basically the perfect environment for this.

>>213383939
>>213384271
It will go through all major coastal cities (Aveiro, Porto, Lisboa), plus Leiria, Gaia and Coimbra, serving more than 60% of the population with only 6 stops.
Perfect use case.

>>213384271
Watch out, you'll anger the provincials

>>213379550 (OP)
Rent free

>>213379550 (OP)
why is that little microscopic terrinha babbling something about mighty Brazil again? go back to following Brazilian celebs on insta or something

>>213379642
The Ave is a very nice train.

Meanwhile:

>burger trains have top speed of 90 mph (145 kmh)

>>213379550 (OP)
is there a sadder state of affairs than what the iberian countries have become? lowkey worse than what happened to the UK

>>213385015
>terrinha
It's so fucking funny and absurd that some run of the mill pole not only knows this word but uses it in a context adequate setting. God bless the internet.

>>213385342
America does no longer have any state capacity, if Eisenhower hadn't built the Interstates they would say that country roads are the only mode of transport you need and call anyone daring to suggest copying the autobahn system a libtard.

>>213379550 (OP)
cant stop seething and malding about us even when we're not involved

>>213385694
>America does no longer have any state capacity
But why? They can't be THAT corrupt

>>213382574
werent the oldest urban centers in greece built when people still used horses?

>>213385778
It's cool in some internet in circles to performatively hate BRVZIL, this being one of those instances, for instrumental, reaction-provoking purposes. In truth I like BRVZIL.
>why not India since it's even cooler to hate on it now, you may ask
Because I would NEVER speak ill of BHARAT, land of the mighty DRAVIDIAN, and others.

>>213385836
they think having a functional government is communism

>>213379550 (OP)
>he competes with a 3rd world nation
Grim.

>>213379550 (OP)
We live in the airplane era, nigga
Fuck retarded trains

>>Brazil to have high speed train
FTFY, Guiana bro.

>>213380680
it's a tribute to those who helped build it

>>213381850
it's the same in Britian desu, the problem in our cunt is that since we invented rail, all of our rail networks were finished in the 19th century. There's too many bends and meanders which means we have to rebuild vast tracks and there isn't enough money or political will to do it

This shit might not even be finished by the time we host the 2030 World Cup