Originally Posted by
blandy62
No that would not be a bit of extra infrastructure, That would be major infrastructure to bring the High speed train to airport. The current track on the Tung Chung/Airport line, can't be used for the high speed train. So that would probably require to build a complete underground extension from the newly built high speed track.
the problem with the current infrastructure is because china in late 1980s-1990s complained so much about the brits overspending. so blame it on the chinese. and for the train, do you know how much social cost it had brought to hong kong? 1) people who pollutes hong kong with their behaviour 2) the lack of QC of the construction is destructing all the nearby buildings 3) the parts of china that connects to hong kong has nothing for hkers to go for. ie, the push is minimal, the pull is low quality.
and surely when china tries to conenct the HSR to HK it will just be a logistical nightmare, like a I-I transit in peking.
as for HSR: it also kills off commerce in cities like lyon