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France Spent $20 Billion on Trains That Don't Fit Its Stations
France's national railway operator, SNCF, recently ordered 2,000 new trains at a cost of more than $20 billion. Now, it's found out that they're too big for many of the stations they're supposed to pass through. And this isn't the kind of order you can return.
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The SNCF knew that some of the older platforms would need modifications beforehand. It wasn't really a mistake.
Yep they needed to standardize their platforms anyway.
You had one damn job!!1
$70 million on station changes is small change compared to $20 billion on trains. It's embarrassing that they didn't see it coming, but it's hardly crippling.