Comment Re:I'd be happy if our intercity trains did 300kph (Score 0) 267
The very fast trains in Japan/France/China all benefit from the local governments simply forcibly buying the land required at cost (or less) and getting on with it
My dad used to work for the french railways and had been buying up the land to set up the Paris-Reims railtrack - where the record took place: You can't imagine how much it costed to French railways (i.e. Govt) to own that up!
....Oh! did I mention that Reims is in Champagne vineyard region ??
