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Spain officials quit over trains that were too wide for tunnels
BBC ^
| 02/21/2023
| Tom SPender
Posted on 02/21/2023 11:57:46 AM PST by BenLurkin
Two top Spanish transport officials have resigned over a botched order for new commuter trains that cost nearly €260m ($275m; £230m).
The trains could not fit into non-standard tunnels in the northern regions of Asturias and Cantabria.
The head of Spain's rail operator Renfe, Isaías Táboas, and the Secretary of State for Transport, Isabel Pardo de Vera, have now left their roles.
Renfe ordered the trains in 2020 but the following year manufacturer CAF realised that the dimensions it had been given for the trains were inaccurate and stopped construction.
The rail network in northern Spain was built in the 19th Century and has tunnels under the mountainous landscape that do not match standard modern tunnel dimensions.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: spain; toowide; trains; tunnels
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To: Organic Panic
Sounds like an Hispanic problem.
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posted on
02/21/2023 12:29:32 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
Does Spain have Affirmative action/Diversity hiring?
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posted on
02/21/2023 12:33:51 PM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
To: BenLurkin
Secretary of Transportation?
Sounds like Spain got Buttplugged.
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posted on
02/21/2023 12:52:46 PM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:05:01 PM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: IYAS9YAS
Are these Italian officials formerly French railroad operators?Whoops. Not Italian. Spanish. Ugh.
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:06:18 PM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:12:26 PM PST
by
fidelis
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To: fidelis
Where's Felix's friend Va-voom when you need him?
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:16:06 PM PST
by
fidelis
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To: BenLurkin
What’s that saying, “Close enough for government work?”
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:17:10 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator; All
The insane in Spain stay on novacane.
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:24:36 PM PST
by
MikeSteelBe
(The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:29:14 PM PST
by
jagusafr
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To: Tell It Right
Years ago Seattle ordered trains too wide for the tunnels. Of course, none of the ones who ordered these trains quit.
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:40:06 PM PST
by
angry elephant
(Been with Trump since huge 2016 Washington state rally in May.)
To: BenLurkin
Buttigieg did a little moonlighting. Who cares about the racist tunnels?
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posted on
02/21/2023 1:51:18 PM PST
by
TChad
(Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
To: BenLurkin
Too beau coup.
Too beau coup.
To: lee martell
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posted on
02/21/2023 2:03:58 PM PST
by
ptsal
(Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
To: MikeSteelBe
The trains in Spain stay mainly on the plains.
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posted on
02/21/2023 2:05:48 PM PST
by
misanthrope
(Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
To: Larry Lucido
To: BenLurkin
Notice it’s the NORTHERN tunnels that won’t allow trains from the SOUTH to enter?
It absolutely SCREAMS racism!!!!
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posted on
02/21/2023 2:16:10 PM PST
by
John Milner
(Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/21/2023 2:20:50 PM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: BenLurkin
I recall Seattle did the same thing a few years ago...burnt $60 million for trains that didn't fit in their rail system. Never heard if anyone was held accountable for that. Imagine...that much money just vanished, with nothing to show for it, the worst part being that since this was gubmint, it's almost certain to happen again.
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02/21/2023 2:37:27 PM PST
by
rottndog
(What comes after America?)
To: Leaning Right
Nobel Prize in Physics is in the mail with gold stars.
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posted on
02/21/2023 2:54:11 PM PST
by
Vaduz
(LAWYERS )
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