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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. Re:Most Excellent! by IANAAC · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    *Disclaimer*

    I'm not European (I'm from the US), but I spend a fair amount of each year in both Spain and Italy.

    I don't like seeing McDonands spread all across Europe either, but they are everywhere (it's not fun seeing a 7/11 in downtown Madrid either). People of my generation (40s) generally don't eat there, but you can bet you'll see plenty of young people eating there. Like it or not, capitalism is quite alive and well in western Europe.