What;s their condom situation?

Sounds like a super-salesperson made a good presentation.

Hey, I wrote that without even using the word 'bribery'. 8-)

Well, at least the project was still in the "design phase" and the "only" set back is the release date pushed to 2026 💀

What's yours?

Edit: down votes from stans

Bureaucrats

Ask the Netherlands NS, same kind of fuck up… it apparently happens…

Rule 1

Well South Africa bought trains that don't fit the tracks ...

[Spain also had submarines that were too large to dock at their submarine base (since modified to fit them).

The original design would have fit, but they designed them too heavy to reliably stay or or come back to the surface, so the boats had to be enlarged to solve that problem.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44871788)

[Spain also had submarines that were too large to dock at their submarine base (since modified to fit them).

The original design would have fit, but they designed them too heavy to reliably stay or or come back to the surface, so the boats had to be enlarged to solve that problem.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44871788)

Spain also had submarines that were too large to dock at their submarine base; since modified to fit them.

The original design would have fit, but they designed them too heavy to reliably stay on or come back to the surface, so the boats had to be enlarged to solve that problem.

The likely answer is somebody took a budget, took some basic measurements of “train in Spain” and didn’t do the follow up on questions like “what’s the max dimensions” before putting in orders for hardware to a place like Japan or china. The trains are probably really good, but exceed max limits because numskulls would rather lock in contracts without ensuring that they are contracting for goods/services they can actually use, and that meet their requirements. Investors are gonna be pissed, because now more money is gonna be needed and more time to get returns because someone somewhere didn’t do their jobs right.

Could also be that they bought the trains for the current tunnel dimensions. Tunnel dimensions change but no one bothers to think about the trains but that box has been checked

It’s like a real short girl dating a really really tall big muscular guy. She should consider that a certain part might not fit or she might get broken in half.

NS at least uses their trains. Arriva has been disappointing to say the least. strikes Evey other week it feels like nowadays.

Toronto built street cars that didn't fit platforms

It doesn't give details--was this a case of the train "fits" but doesn't have the required clearance for turns and the like?

if it sounds like corruption and it smells like corruption.

it's probably corruption or someone forgot to change trump's diapers again.

My guess is you're on the right track (ba dum tss). I refuse to believe that they bought or designed trains without knowing the dimensions of the tunnels.

Are you worried they're getting teeny rubbers?

Two words, Government bureaucrats, no more needs to be said.