French rail company orders 2,000 trains too wide for platforms

Reuters ^ | 5-20-14 | Gerard Bon and Elizabeth Pineau,

[dfwgator]

I blame the metric system.

That's why a Quarter Pounder in France is called a "Royale With Cheese."

[Fungi]

The French version of Amtrak?

[Gamecock]

Snicker.

These are some real shovel ready projects!

[ClearCase_guy]

[MeshugeMikey]

ahahahahaha YES!!

[publius911]

And the whole thing is run by Italians.

Or an Omugabe clone...

[eldoradude]

"We discovered the problem a bit late, we recognise that and we accept responsibility on that score,"

You'll never hear that from an American official. "It's a conservative's fault," would be closer to the mark.

[lump in the melting pot]

When it comes to engineering, the French copy nobody. And nobody copies the French.

[B4Ranch]

The RFF only gave the dimensions of platforms built less than 30 years ago, but most of France’s 1,200 platforms were built more than 50 years ago. Repair work has already cost 80 million euros ($110 million).

[Ditto]

A few years ago, I recall the French built an aircraft carrier that was too short for the jets they wanted to fly off it.

Should not laugh at them too much... our bureaucrats as every bit as incompetent as the French bureaucrats.

[GeronL]

That is a funny headline