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by throwaway2037 1182 days ago
Spain's high speed rail is criminally underrated. It is an amazing achievement.
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Is laying rail across a desert that hard?
Spain is the second most mointanous country in the European Union after Austria. And not a desert. It also seems to be particularly efficient at building infrastructure.
Huh? Spain is rather hilly.
Ask any state west of the Rockies. California for example.