It was a five-star story this morning via ARD (Channel One) on the German railway system.
Basically, the Bahn is now asking for around 86-billion Euro....to bring the system to the modern era, and fix all of the stations, bridges and networks.
It is a heck of a lot of money, and you'd have to carve off various other programs/projects....to probably meet this requirement.
The curious thing here which ought to draw people to think over and ponder.....the German government (CDU and SPD) want the current carry-capability of the Bahn....to DOUBLE by 2030. Most people who ride the Bahn on a regular basis today....will just sit there and start laughing because they see the current Bahn marginally capable of handling the current passenger load, but to discuss doubling it?
Just to the level of convincing this large group to drop their car....you'd have to go out and punish them in some way....forcing them to give up independence. I just don't see this happening. But they will go to the full scale of finding the 86-billion Euro, and spending it.....just to make the point that they tried.
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