CNN: …SNCF, whose swift and efficient services are normally a point of pride for the French, spent 15 billion euros ($20.5 billion) on the trains, only to belatedly realize they weren’t quite slim enough.
The revelation that the new TER trains were too “paunchy” for the regional stations they will be serving was made by investigative newspaper Le Canard Enchaine, and widely reported in the French media…
Measurements were taken from more modern stations, but neglected to include older facilities where the gap between platforms is narrower… (more)
