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minus-squareDataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·25 days ago Some lawmakers have expressed concerns that making that segment single-track may not actually make the train high-speed. Because train math? It was only high speed if you summed the speed of both trains ;-)
minus-squareGreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·25 days agoLess about speed and more capacity, single track means you can’t run trains in both directions at once past each other.
minus-squareDataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoYou could… but only once. Though you might have me by explicitly stating “past each other.”
minus-squareblkvvvs@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·25 days agoI was always bad at the train math problems T_T
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-225 days agoAs long as there’s only a few trains and enough sidings or stations with double tracks …… …… it’s still a fucking stupid idea and shows you how desperate they are to complete anything with the little remaining money
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoyou can thank the hyperloop for delaying it for about a decade.
minus-squareDataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoYou gotta love the irony of this colossal boondoggle…
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoSingle track is a scam to fuck over train lines. It should never be done.
minus-squareDataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoDon’t worry, I’m fairly certain it won’t be 😌
Because train math? It was only high speed if you summed the speed of both trains ;-)
Less about speed and more capacity, single track means you can’t run trains in both directions at once past each other.
You could… but only once. Though you might have me by explicitly stating “past each other.”
I was always bad at the train math problems T_T
As long as there’s only a few trains and enough sidings or stations with double tracks ……
…… it’s still a fucking stupid idea and shows you how desperate they are to complete anything with the little remaining money
you can thank the hyperloop for delaying it for about a decade.
You gotta love the irony of this colossal boondoggle…
Single track is a scam to fuck over train lines. It should never be done.
Don’t worry, I’m fairly certain it won’t be 😌