delphiandomine 86 | 17823
11 Dec 2011 / #61
Poland doesn't have the money for it yet. Like the guys said above if the rest of the rail system wasn't neglected so much during commie and post commie times the money would have been there to be spent on this project. It would have been nice thought :-)
What's crucial is that they don't abandon the work to prepare the route - if everything is completed as it's planned to be, minus the trains/tracks - then it will be a formality to build the line in the future. As far as I know - all existing work should go ahead, so no issue there.
Where Gerries would built a highway, decent express road will be enough
Actually, Polish expressways aren't worse than German highways. I was driving on the German A12 yesterday - it's worse than your average S-class road in Poland.
300km/h would be enough - it would mean 90 minute (at most) connections to Warsaw, which would radically change things in terms of transportation. The train still wins for now, but when the A2 is complete - the train will lose out massively to the car.
And yes, we laugh at those peasants, because they had exactly the same opportunity as we had. And they blew it.