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0 pointscladopa10mo ago0 comments

The reason is quite obvious if you know Spain's History.

Given that France invaded Spain in 1807, the military made it necessary to have a different gauge from France. Not only that, the train by the coast was also forbidden in some places as a naval bombardment could disrupt communications in case of war.

Spain has lots of mountains with a large plateau over 700 meters high and the coast is usually way lower so it makes sense to transport things by the coast.

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m4rtink10mo ago

The Hisatsu line[1] in Japan was built through pretty insane terrain to make it protected from coastal attacks after the Russo-Japanese war.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisatsu_Line

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0 pointscladopa10mo ago0 comments

The reason is quite obvious if you know Spain's History.

Spain has lots of mountains with a large plateau over 700 meters high and the coast is usually way lower so it makes sense to transport things by the coast.

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m4rtink10mo ago

The Hisatsu line[1] in Japan was built through pretty insane terrain to make it protected from coastal attacks after the Russo-Japanese war.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisatsu_Line

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