In Spain, the commotion surrounding the purchase of about thirty new trains has completely derailed. Earlier it became known that the Spanish Ministry of Transport had invested a total of 258 million euros in the construction of new trains that would be used in the northern regions of Cantabria and Asturias. Now there appears to be one problem: the vehicles are a lot bigger than ‘normal’ trains and cannot get through the tunnels they encounter on their route.
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“Rail blunder of the century”: Spain spends 260 million euros on new trains that are too big to run through tunnels
