The
French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a
cost of 15bn euros ($20.5bn; £12.1bn) are too wide for many regional platforms.
The embarrassing blunder has so far
cost the rail operator over 50m euros ($68.4m; £40.6m).
How can such an obvious blunder
have been made, who was in charge of providing the specifications of the trains size,
Mr Bean!
Surely if you’re spending £12bn on
2,000 trains making sure they are the right size for the tracks you plan to use
them on should be one of, if not the highest priority.
I could understand if when the
trains were delivered SNCF weren’t happy with the design or there was a technical
issue that meant that they needed to go back to the manufacturer and be
repaired, but not bungling the width so your shiny new trains don’t fit the
track.
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