Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 17 days agoRussia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared borderwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkRussia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared borderwww.theguardian.comChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 days agoI also assume trucks were not in use to the same degree as they are now, at least compared to freight trains.
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 days agoCorrect. Trucks were used mostly for military purposes back then, while freight transport was done mostly by train. There was simply no practical reason for such a road link in those days when a perfectly serviceable rail link existed.
I also assume trucks were not in use to the same degree as they are now, at least compared to freight trains.
Correct. Trucks were used mostly for military purposes back then, while freight transport was done mostly by train. There was simply no practical reason for such a road link in those days when a perfectly serviceable rail link existed.