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Re: Transrapid abandons Sydney-Canberra
On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 16:51:53 +1100, David Bromage
<dbromage@omni.com.au> wrote:
> Rod Hibberd wrote:
> >
> > David Bromage (dbromage@omni.com.au) wrote:
> > : Rod Hibberd wrote:
> > The announcement that the team who 'won' the Syd-Can selection
> > got Alsthom and TGV mentioned in every trade and business page
> > in the world. Their whole involvement would have been financially
> > justified by that publicity alone.
>
> They've put something like $20 million into it already. The TGV has
> already been exported to half a dozen countries, with more on the
way.
> Alstom doesn't NEED any more advertising thn that.
You can always use more advertising. However, the idea that they are
building this railway as a publicity stunt is pretty stupid.
--
Erik Sandblom
http://www.artech.se/~sandblom