Mind the Gap: French Trains Too Wide for Many Platforms

Mind the Gap: French Trains Too Wide for Many Platforms - WSJ.com: "
PARIS—France's state-run railway system Wednesday admitted failing to mind the gap, after realizing that a fleet of new trains it has ordered are too wide to fit many of the country's stations.
Confirming a report in satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné, train operator Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer and network owner Réseau Ferré de France said about 1,300 of France's 8,700 railway platforms must be trimmed to make way for the wider rolling stock.
......."We discovered the problem a bit late," RFF spokesman Christophe Piednoël told French radio.
"It's as if you bought a Ferrari and when you come to park it in your garage you realize your garage isn't exactly the right size for a Ferrari because you didn't have a Ferrari before."