Re: Eurostar electrical and signalling

P.L.Guillemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
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> "David Eerdmans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Which Spanish services require security controls? 
> 
> AVE and Euromed at all stations, since the introduction of such
> services.
> 
> Alaris in Albacete, Valencia and Castellon.
> 
> Altaria in Tarragona, all stations on the Lerida-Sevilla HSL,
> Albacete, Alicante, Cadix, Huelva, Algesiras and Pamplona.
> 
> Talgo 200 at all stations on Madrid-Cordoba HSL and Malaga.
> 
> All GL services in Barcelona-Sants.
> 
> All GL and AVE services in Madrid-Puerta de Atocha ( Not those Talgo
> services to Murcia/Cartagena/Granada/Almeria and the IC
> Zaragoza-Malaga, as they call at Atocha-Cercanias).

Weird.

If I'd be a terrorist, I'd never chose an GL or AVE service to explode
myself. I'd rather chose a crowded metro in Madrid, Barcelona or Bilbao
instead. Much more passengers will be killed in such an attack, and with a
bit of "luck", the tunnel and stations will be heavily damaged. It will
also have a much larger impact on the functioning of society; if AVE is hit
by terrorists, people will fly instead. If a metro is hit by terrorists,
people have no other choice than still take the metro.

So to me, it sounds more like a measure to show the public, "look, we're
doing something about terrorism!". Too bad railroads have to suffer from
these non-functioning measures.

Regards,
David
(not a terrorist, BTW ;-)