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jacquesm on March 17, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: An entrepreneur has built a one-metre-long stretch...

You simply can't compare a mile of Romanian railroad tracks with a mile of UK railroad track. I've been on trains many times on Romania and the tracks are so bad the speed limit is somewhere between 5 and 30 mph on large stretches of track, only right on the outskirts of big cities is it a bit better.

Xelbair on March 18, 2019 | [–]

So on par with the UK? :)

I am joking but my experiences with UK Rail made Polish railways look good.

HNLurker2 on March 18, 2019 | [–]

I commute everyday to high school with trains (because it's free) but they are same speed as 50 years ago.

k3liutZu on March 18, 2019 | [–]

Some of them (I would wager a good chunk) actually go slower than 50 years ago.

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