Chile launches new high-speed train service

[Digital Nomad]

Cool that Chile just added a new high-speed train. While Argentina is cutting back, it is good to see Chile adding to their network.

Chile launches new fast train service

Chilean authorities Friday inaugurated the South American country's first high-speed train service. The convoy, which has four cars and can accommodate 236 passengers, links connects Santiago with Curicó in two hours and three minutes at a maximum speed of 160 km/h. Curicó is a rich agricultural...

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[Uncle Wong]

I haven't been to Chile before but from all my friends that have been there they tell me it's very boring. I don't talk to many that have been there.

 

[jmerl]

I haven't been to Chile before but from all my friends that have been there they tell me it's very boring. I don't talk to many that have been there.

Maybe it is a good country to live in, but it has something very negative...there is too much discrimination towards foreigners, especially Venezuelans, so I would think twice before going there.

 

[Faith]

Maybe it is a good country to live in, but it has something very negative...there is too much discrimination towards foreigners, especially Venezuelans, so I would think twice before going there.

Really? Is this happening? People from Chile are tough with people from Venezuela. Can you give examples?

 

[jmerl]

I have seen many people giving their opinion about this, including Chileans, they say that Venezuelans are not welcome in Chile because “they bring bad habits”, that's why they generalize.

 

[florenceb]

All kinds of discrimination are there, classist and racist.