Posted on 09/30/2016 8:01:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday announced its opposition to the construction of more high-speed TGV routes in France for at least the next 15 years, targeting three planned high speed rail routes in particular.
A report into infrastructure financing has advised against pouring money into “projects where the socioeconomic viability is doubtful, the costs are unreasonable and the finance plan is still unknown”.
Plans for LGV lines connecting Bordeaux with Toulouse and Dax, Poitiers with Limoges, and Montpellier with Perpignan were singled out as costly and unnecessary. …
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I guess I’ll have to cancel my vacation to France now. /s
Nothing new. The Paris, Limoges,Toulouse TGV has been promised for many many years, but there is never enough money.
Meanwhile, whatever is wanted elsewhere seems to get the go-ahead nod. The southwestern part of France is France’s “Flyover Country.”
Not me, I am going in November, TGV is a great way to get around.
If the build it, and riders pay a fraction of the true cost, they will come
Have fun!
Un jour malheureux pour Willie Green.
Good ole TGV. They go well with IPAs. Too bad they’re not available at IHOP, KFC or JCP.
Or perhaps “le Vert”?
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