On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 18:05:44 +0100
Hans Hagen
I can understand it for the Netherlands as they cannot get their high speed tracks and trains up and running (instead of outsourcing in europe they should have hired Japanese companies instead).
(A few days ago I passed by train the tracks where these non-functional italian high speed trains are stalled ... overpainted by graffity in the meantime. It's always fun to drive by car along the dedicated expensive track for container-trains ... that track kind of stops at the german border.)
We are talking about "traditional" overnight trains, not high-speed trains. But it is indeed investment in high-speed trains that is killing lower-cost, traditional rail.
ps. Texies travel to BT by bus.
I know, I tried seeing about getting there by train and concluded that it was faster and cheaper to carpool with Taco, driving first to the Netherlands! Alan