To put this into perspective, China’s high-speed rail project in Indonesia connecting Jakarta and Bandung (a distance of 143 km) at a speed of 350 km/h was completed in just four months at total cost of $7.3 billion.

This line has seen an impressive number of passengers, with approximately 2 million people utilizing the service.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Zeno’s California Rail Project. Its so fucking funny that “damn, this whole thing is shady af, look at all the grifts and crimes and cons involved!” was a B-plot in a True Detective season released in 2015 and they’re still getting away with it.