Argentina to Build High Speed Rail Line

So even Argentina seems to have a better transportation policy than the United States currently does. Kind of embarrassing, isn’t it? First Mexico, now Argentina …

Buenos Aires, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Argentina will begin constructing a high speed rail service early next year to link the three main cities of the country, Buenos Aires, Rosario and Cordoba. The project, estimated at 800 million US dollars, includes a first phase of 311 miles to Rosario, Santa Fe Province, with a double railroad track and the latest technology, to allow speeds between 155 miles and 186 miles per hour.

[ Prensa Latina ]

Note, though, how “cheap” the project seems to be - $800 millon for 311 miles?

Posted in: Uncategorized | May 19, 2006 2:51 pm