The Gotthard railway (2/2) | 19 comments (19 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Thanks. And why does it go through Lille? (none / 0)

... not to eurogreen in particular of course ...

Because of 1m was considered enough to do that? Because Lille or its regional government front the cost? Because the alignment through Lille was more convenient than an alignment bypassing Lille?

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Sep 6th, 2013 at 03:40:10 PM EST
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Re: Thanks. And why does it go through Lille? (none / 1)

The last, I suspect: Lille de facto merged with several neighbouring cities, towns and villages and there isn't much "around" it. It's really convenient, BTW (I was there at a conference in 2010).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Sep 6th, 2013 at 04:25:00 PM EST
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