[RileyJames]

You lost me at ‘single model of 300km/h train that can make it here’

Meanwhile here in Australia our “fast rail” trains go 160km/h. Unless it’s over 32 degrees, then they slow down. And if it hits 36 degrees they slow down even more (90km/h)

And it gets that hot here a lot…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/Line_VLocity

https://www.vline.com.au/heat

[LargoLasskhyfv]

Paint them! https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleis#/media/Datei:Mariazeller...

And/or build them like this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Schienenauszugsvorrichtu... ,

or this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SchienenauszugMitLzb.jpg ,

or this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feste_Fahrbahn#/media/Datei:Oe...

It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breather_switch

[john-h-k]

Don’t OBB Railjet trains travel at 230km/h?

[detaro]

Australia, not Austria ;)

[Akronymus]

I can count on one hand how often I've seen that mixup happen in that direction.

As an austrian, I am amused.

[dotancohen]

Is it Austria that has the stands in the airport for tourists who thought they were buying tickets to Australia, or is it the other way around?

[Al-Khwarizmi]

I think it's a myth that originated from an ad: https://www.vol.at/2023/11/397526796_1104257417472438_811840...

I suppose it's difficult to make that mistake because plane tickets are to cities, not countries as a whole.

As a real story, I knew a guy who had a B&B near a beach called San Francisco, in Spain, and he regularly had to cancel bookings from people who thought it was in the US city of the same name, though :)

[thih9]

Apparently people confuse cities when flying too, here’s an article about a passenger going to the wrong Sydney, and more examples:

https://simpleflying.com/ameican-airlines-passenger-flies-si...

[Akronymus]

I am not familiar enough with air travel that I can say either way.

But austria and australia regularily exchange mail that got sent to the wrong country.

[john-h-k]

Wow not even a verbal slip up I literally read Australia as Austria. Equally impressed and horrified with myself