As they always say, don’t mess with the classics!
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Cantabria has plains.
So does Asturias
They just tend to be at odd angles.
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This was a hoax which was debunked ages ago.
The French trains were deliberately ordered that way, with infrastructure works planned with it (and not a lot really) and the entry into service of the trains wasn’t delayed by it because it was all planned.
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Do they not have at least one measuring tape in Madrid?
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Apparently not… Norm is disappointed!
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Where we’re going Marty, we won’t need tunnels!
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Maybe they’re using some of the old measurement standards, such as the vara, the length of which differed from town to town.
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SF MUNI had a somewhat similar problem with the “Breda” cars back in the late 90’s. MUNI had to modify stations and yards but I don’t know if that was foreseen and hence scheduled modifications. There were a lot of other unforeseen issues though.
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I’d be curious to see a source on that (that isn’t just an offhand forum post). If I understand/remember right, the issue was down bad communication between the train company (SCNF) and the rail/infrastructure company (RFF). They had incomplete info on the stations when they ordered the trains and had to spend some 50€ million to fix 1300 quais at older stations. I don’t think it delayed the use of the trains, but cost money, was hilarious, and was hardly ‘planned’. The government launched a whole enquête about it.
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So, more planes than plains, really.
I’ll see myself out.
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The rains in Spain fall mainly on the planes.
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Now we have gone off on a tangent…
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It has gotten hyperbolic.
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