Me too! But why did you need a quick connection between Klagenfurt and Graz as a child? I would have rather longed for a high speed train between Hermagor and Villach ;-)

What kid doesn't go through a 'train phase?' and a grand plan to improve the railway could be exciting to a child even if it's more spectacle than utility.

Especially since a child will see all the visualizations and such that are put out before work begins.

When I was a kid, in the early 90s, there was a diagram in the local library of the planned Dublin metro. It was, at that point, an old plan, I think from the early 80s.

The third attempt at a Dublin metro just got planning permission a few weeks ago; said planning is now bogged down in a judicial review.

Somewhat envious of Austria’s speed in this sort of thing, really…

At least I got to enjoy the highway connection between Noetsch and Villach when I was a child. Both of those things were big things due to local politics (hi Haider) when I grew up. Practically I did not care. But it was ubiquitous for a while in the news.

I would have never expected to read about Hermagor in an HN thread. Greetings from the Werbutz Alm!