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Old Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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Generally, European trains still stop at borders to change locomotives and staff. This is often necessary. The German and French voltage systems are incompatible. Spain — though not Portugal — has a broad gauge track. English bridges are lower than elsewhere, and passengers on German trains would need a ladder to reach French platforms, twice as high as their own. But those physical constraints pale in comparison to an even more formidable barrier — national chauvinism. While officials in Brussels strive for an integrated and efficiently run rail network to relieve the Continent’s gorged roads and airways, and cut down on pollution, three member countries —France, Germany and Italy—are working feverishly to develop their own expensive and mutually incompatible high-speed trains.
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European trains frequently stop at borders to swap engines and personnel. This is because some countries have outdated voltage systems and vast-gauge tracks. But rather than constructing a cohesive network, some nations are attempting to create their own, incompatible high-speed trains, which will only make this disparity worse.

Title: Disparities in European Train Networks
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