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Chard069 t1_j82vg1m wrote

Sounds like a super-salesperson made a good presentation.

Hey, I wrote that without even using the word 'bribery'. 8-)

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the_simurgh t1_j86xxao wrote

if it sounds like corruption and it smells like corruption.

it's probably corruption or someone forgot to change trump's diapers again.

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AgencyDelicious1933 t1_j82w2ha wrote

Well, at least the project was still in the "design phase" and the "only" set back is the release date pushed to 2026 💀

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Fairytam2 t1_j83ogel wrote

Well South Africa bought trains that don't fit the tracks ...

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Hugh-Dingus t1_j8369ea wrote

Ask the Netherlands NS, same kind of fuck up… it apparently happens…

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Kaasbroodje072 t1_j85e7no wrote

NS at least uses their trains. Arriva has been disappointing to say the least. strikes Evey other week it feels like nowadays.

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ash_274 t1_j849pt9 wrote

[Spain also had submarines that were too large to dock at their submarine base (since modified to fit them).

The original design would have fit, but they designed them too heavy to reliably stay or or come back to the surface, so the boats had to be enlarged to solve that problem.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44871788)

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BirdsbirdsBURDS t1_j84cmno wrote

The likely answer is somebody took a budget, took some basic measurements of “train in Spain” and didn’t do the follow up on questions like “what’s the max dimensions” before putting in orders for hardware to a place like Japan or china. The trains are probably really good, but exceed max limits because numskulls would rather lock in contracts without ensuring that they are contracting for goods/services they can actually use, and that meet their requirements. Investors are gonna be pissed, because now more money is gonna be needed and more time to get returns because someone somewhere didn’t do their jobs right.

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blahbleh112233 t1_j851drt wrote

Could also be that they bought the trains for the current tunnel dimensions. Tunnel dimensions change but no one bothers to think about the trains but that box has been checked

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SomebodyInNevada t1_j86wca8 wrote

It doesn't give details--was this a case of the train "fits" but doesn't have the required clearance for turns and the like?

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MeanGreanHare t1_j86y5e8 wrote

My guess is you're on the right track (ba dum tss). I refuse to believe that they bought or designed trains without knowing the dimensions of the tunnels.

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JeepWranglerSport t1_j856dvn wrote

It’s like a real short girl dating a really really tall big muscular guy. She should consider that a certain part might not fit or she might get broken in half.

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Korean_Sandwich t1_j85s1zc wrote

Toronto built street cars that didn't fit platforms

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Nopenothu t1_j8cbovg wrote

Two words, Government bureaucrats, no more needs to be said.

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ash_274 t1_j849r42 wrote

[Spain also had submarines that were too large to dock at their submarine base (since modified to fit them).

The original design would have fit, but they designed them too heavy to reliably stay or or come back to the surface, so the boats had to be enlarged to solve that problem.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44871788)

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