SALON ragazine is so left it is a joke. No where in the article is the headline phrase “High Speed Rail” defined. These are likely regular speed trains that are given priority as they bring the freight. I am skeptical about the train featured in the being the train that brings freight to Madrid.
This article gives cover for the California-Jerry Brown debacle that is sucking dry that regime’s resources.
Oldplayer
At 200mph, through mountainous terrains, China could reach Europe within two days once the system was complete. It may not be a Maglev, but that’s pretty high speed to me.
Salon is confused. The train is not highspeed rail but long distance rail.
Salon is the home of refugee journalists that lost their jobs elsewhere.
The formal term is journodetritus