@Fried_out_Kombi to Fuck CarsEnglish • 2 years ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?imagemessage-square524arrow-up12.24Karrow-down1156
arrow-up12.09Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?@Fried_out_Kombi to Fuck CarsEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square524
minus-square@ThadraxlinkEnglish3•2 years agoUh, appparently only 61% of German train lines are electrified. I know of at least 2 heavily used lines that aren’t (so far). One is the connection Basel towards Bodensee, the Hochrheinbahn. Another is Ringzug.
minus-square@ConfidentLonelylinkEnglish3•2 years agoThe Bodensee one is getting electrified soon! Website in german https://www.die-bodenseeguertelbahn.de/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoHuh interesting, didn’t think it was that little. Thanks!
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Uh, appparently only 61% of German train lines are electrified. I know of at least 2 heavily used lines that aren’t (so far). One is the connection Basel towards Bodensee, the Hochrheinbahn. Another is Ringzug.
The Bodensee one is getting electrified soon!
Website in german https://www.die-bodenseeguertelbahn.de/
Huh interesting, didn’t think it was that little. Thanks!