Spanish transport secretary resigns after new trains too big for tunnels

Calahonda52

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/21/spanish-transport-secretary-resigns-new-renfe-trains-too-big-for-tunnels

Spain’s secretary of state for transport and the head of the state rail company have resigned amid continuing public and political anger after it emerged that dozens of new trains ordered for two northern Spanish regions were too big to fit through some tunnels.

Three years ago, the state rail operator, Renfe, announced plans to modernise the rolling stock on narrow-gauge commuter trains and medium-distance trains in Asturias and Cantabria.

But it was revealed last month that the trains being built under the €258m (£227.5m) contract would be too wide to pass through some of the tunnels in the two regions.

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JohnnyChimpo

A fine example of "you had one job!"

If this had happened here, people would be falling over themselves to chime in with "Only in IRELAND 🤣🤣🤣". But the sad reality is there's incompetent boobs everywhere

L1011

This also happened in France

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120320388#Comment_120320388

The difference here after a fcuk up, the people responsible tend to brazenly tough it out, very few fall on their swords and resign.

Citizen Six

Didn't they build a metro line in Charleroi, Belgium that never even opened?

p_haugh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120370214#Comment_120370214

Correct! Time the Traveller did an interesting video about it recently

https://youtu.be/QeMJBqU_eYc

GerardKeating

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120370308#Comment_120370308

And this one tooo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ9SDK1Kp4

Citizen Six

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120379679#Comment_120379679

Anytime someone says "only in Ireland" in the future, I'm just going to point them to those two videos.

Get Real

My first thought upon clicking on this was it's another reassurance of my opinion on how cringe "only in Ireland" is. Thankfully I can see it's been covered 😅

Drunk people falling over in Glasgow, heroin addicts fighting in Philadelphia, some fella using a horse to pull a corolla in Russia. Trains too big to fit tunnels in Spain. And the same types of things happening in towns and cities the world over.

It's humans. In this Spanish case part of me thinks it's something to do with corruption or mates getting contracts. Maybe I'm wrong there. But a nice thread to refer to the next time someone says "only in Ireland"