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French state orders 15 high-speed trains to save factory
TheLocal.fr ^ | 04 Oct 2016 11:12 GMT+02:00

Posted on 10/04/2016 2:00:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The French government has confirmed that it will order 15 high-speed TGV trains in a bid to prevent the historic Alstom train-building plant from closing.

The announcement was made by France’s secretary of state for industry Christophe Sirugue on a visit to the Alstom factory in Belfort, eastern France.

Normally, the state-owned rail operator SNCF would be in charge of ordering new trains, but given the plight of the Belfort factory and the small matter of a looming presidential election, the government has chosen to act on its own. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: alstom; france; hsr; sncf; socialists; tgv
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe they can sell them to California to carry no passengers from nowhere to nowhere in the Central Valley.


21 posted on 10/04/2016 3:01:30 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (The 2nd Amendment immediately follows the 1st because some people are hard of hearing...)
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To: Publius

This seems familiar somehow.


22 posted on 10/04/2016 3:02:17 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: Olog-hai

Think how much money California could save if they could just convince people to pretend that there are pretty trains running at high speed across the countryside. Nobody would miss them, since nobody would ride them if they existed.


23 posted on 10/04/2016 3:05:01 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (The 2nd Amendment immediately follows the 1st because some people are hard of hearing...)
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To: Olog-hai

I remember reading something about Alstom and GE. I knew they bought the Power grid an turbines but I have seen job listings for their Railroad stuff locally. Which was an Alstom plant


24 posted on 10/04/2016 3:18:57 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: DesertRhino

Keeping the factory open is unAmerican. They should close up and
buy from China like we do.


25 posted on 10/04/2016 3:33:53 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Mr. K

They need the 15 trains to run on the new rail routes they just cancelled about a week or so ago.


26 posted on 10/04/2016 3:40:25 PM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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To: Mr. K

All Socialist nations suffer the same crippling disease. The ghetto cities have high density housing serviced by run down commuter trains.

Recently heard a private expert on govt trains. Nobody wants to build housing nearby unless, you guessed it, more govt subsidizing.


27 posted on 10/04/2016 4:15:10 PM PDT by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: Olog-hai

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/05/eu-plan-to-counter-brexit-give-teenagers-free-interrail-tickets?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews#link_time=1475628707

“They say free InterRail tickets – typically month-long passes letting young people travel across Europe’s rail network at will – could rekindle enthusiasm for the European Union and bring youngsters together to counter the rising nationalism seen in Britain’s vote to quit the bloc and in many other countries.

“People all around Europe must get to know and learn to cherish each other. Our wish is that as many youngsters as possible ... get to know other countries and make new friends,” said Manfred Weber, an ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel who leads the biggest group in the EU legislature.”


28 posted on 10/04/2016 6:09:23 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Olog-hai

For sale: new train sets. Owner built them but doesn’t need them...Contract France


29 posted on 10/04/2016 8:03:56 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but Ther RELIGION of PEDOPHILIA...)
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