A sleeper train in Vienna. Austria is one of only seven countries in Europe that has invested more in its rail network than on roadbuilding in recent years.

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   The European Network (theeuropeannetwork@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 23:45:41 JST The European Network

   European governments have “systematically” shrunk their railways and starved them of funding while pouring money into expanding their road network, a report has found.

   The length of motorways in Europe grew 60% between 1995 and 2020 while railways shrank 6.5%, according to research from German thinktanks Wuppertal Institute and T3 Transportation. For every €1 governments spent building railways, they spent €1.6 building roads.

   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/european-governments-railways-road-building-report-motorways-funding-rail

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