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Old 08-12-2011, 01:11 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Nope. Ordinary steel rails, just like US railroads, with rolling stock that in some cases looks like it dates back to the '50s. This is the normal railroads that carry local passengers & freight, not the TGV & other high-speed trains. Though the TGV that runs into Lausanne (the only one I have personal experience of) runs on the regular Swiss rail system.
...then, I "stand corrected" as I was under the impression that Europe's highspeed trains (like Japan's and China's) were mega-lift.
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