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Spain, Morocco To Build Undersea Rail Tunnels

Posted by timothy on from the chunupmanship dept.

DoraLives writes "The BBC reports that Spain and Morocco 'have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and Africa.' and that 'This plan could be put into action as early as next year...' Fairly daunting technical piece of work should they attempt it, but the prospect of an all-rail trip from Edinburgh to Tangiers is intriguing to say the least."

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  1. Bah, that's nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me know when I can take the train from San Francisco to Tokyo.

    1. Re:Bah, that's nothing by miracle69 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Let me know when I can take the train from Flagstaff to Phoenix.

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  2. much more practical solution by prof187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    catapults
    possibly cannons

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    1. Re:much more practical solution by atommoore · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is great news. Finally, I can quit having to constantly put up with all the 'chunnel-heads' in my office bragging constantly about their general awesomeness. Now I can just say humorous things like "stop living in the past! Your tunnel is so 1990s it hurts!"

      One question occurs to me though. Will this change the ending of Casablanca?

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    2. Re:much more practical solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      A huge smokin' bowl, to keep EVERYBODY happy.

    3. Re:much more practical solution by gl4ss · · Score: 5, Funny

      considering the morocco - spain relations that isn't so far fetched.

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  3. Spain and Morocco? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Should be done by 2073

    1. Re:Spain and Morocco? by Gheesh · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whether it will be of much use like the France - Britain connection is maybe less than obvious. I Like going to the UK via the tunnel (I live in Denmark), but only a very limited amount of people outside Spain and Morocco will choose to travel through the tunnel as air travel is much cheaper these days.

      You should see the traffic jams we have in Spain every summer when all African people who live in Europe (mainly Spain and France) return to their homelands by car.

  4. question by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    can you fly a helicopter into said tunnel, and if you can, when it explodes, will tom cruise survive said explosion?

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    1. Re:question by oPless · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hopefully not.

  5. Re:All we need now... by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Aussies and Antarticans would feel left out.

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  6. Re:Edinburgh to Africa by QuasiCoLtd · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would solve the long-debated African Swallow migratory problem that has been raging for decades.

  7. Re:All we need now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well the Aussies should have thought about that before they moved there. And the Antarticans probably wouldn't let the racers have any fuel, so screw them.

  8. This scenario... by Misch · · Score: 4, Funny

    This scenario will be in Railroad Tycoon 4 for sure...

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  9. Re:I can't help but wonder... by bennomatic · · Score: 4, Funny
    > Lets not forget other possible usage of the link, like transportation of goods

    I've been saying for years that a rail line between Morocco and the European mainland would make it far more profitable to import that fine Moroccan hashish we all know and love!

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  10. Re:Actually... by Pentagram · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wrong! You are forgetting that spacetime is curved, and the shortest path would actually be through higher dimensions.