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gprimr1 wrote:The Bullet Train did bankrupt the Nationalized Japanese railway though, but it lead to the creation of the private JR group.
One of the main things to look at with HSR is population density.
ExCon90 wrote:Political considerations also enter into it; the LGV Est, Paris to Strasbourg, had very shaky economic justification but it was deemed politically necessary not to leave Alsace-Lorraine out of the picture.
ExCon90 wrote:Pork barrel knows no boundaries.
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