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ÉcoTrain: €3 million to answer the wrong question
https://jonworth.eu/ecotrain-eu3-million-to-answer-the-wrong-question/

The problem with branch lines is seldom THE TRAIN. It is THE TRACK and the lack of available finance. Some autonomous Gadgetbahn is not going to fix that mundane problem!

ÉcoTrain: €3 million to answer the wrong question

It is one of the 100 startups to watch in France, according to Challenges - ÉcoTrain wants to build a new train to run on abandoned branch lines, and they have €3 million of initial funding. They even brought their prototype to the Elysée, and you can find more background

Jon Worth

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Tachibana Kanade 1d ago

@jon Is this a rehash of the Very Light Rail that’s been doing not much beyond consuming money and generating headlines in the UK? (Not the Coventry one, the other one)

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Jon Worth

@h0m54r maybe? 🤷‍♂️ There are so many of these weird projects (I know of 5 in France alone!) that I am not sure precisely what they have in common with each other (or not!)