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Bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland

Squall Leonhart · 2018-01-24 14:05:36

Saw this article; http://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/23906/scotland-northern-ireland-bridge-feasible-exceptional-business-potential-says-top-architect/ I wonder how likely it is to happen? Seems like it could only be a good thing.

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#92 05-12-2021 6:06pm
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We use a 1.6m gauge while the Spanish Iberian one is 68mm wider.
in particular on routes to Northern Spain, Renfe has fleets of variable gauge AVE high-speed trains, which can run on the old network as well as the new one. They can even change from Iberian gauge to standard gauge, or the reverse, without stopping, as they pass through gauge-changing points at the intersection between new routes and old ones.
It's a classic our trains can use their network but they can't use ours :p

However that report shows a 17 year long construction timescale. Before delays. Might have to change some of the colours on the maps by then.

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