EU Commission launches plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe
EU Commission launches plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe
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Commission launches plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe

EU Commission launches plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe
Commission launches plan to accelerate high-speed rail across Europe

So if everything goes according to schedule and local governments cooperate, the European rail network will lay as much new high speed rail track in 15 years as China laid in the past 2 years.
Who knows, maybe by 2050 we'll have as good rail as China had in 2015...
Well, it's a start I suppose.