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High Speed Rail proponents take note: THIS is the right way to develop a HSR project
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by oltmannd</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by drfizzix</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by oltmannd</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by CShaveRR</i> <br /><br />Actually, Jay, the way I read the article, it appears that the ten days and 2500 miles are referring to two different end points. The 2500 miles takes you to the western border of Kaz-however-you-spell-it. From there you go through all of those countries around the southern end of the Caspian Sea and Black Sea until you get through Turkey to Europe (presumably over slower railroads) in ten days from the start. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />OK, then 12,000 miles in 10 days. That's 50 mph. Still not HSR. <br /> <br />$5B for 2500 miles of railway isn't going to buy HSR, either. <br /> <br />Sounds more like a traditional North American design. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Well, considering that the average "network velocity" of freight cars on North American railroad lines is typically in the 18 to 23 MPH range, 50 MPH isn't bad. However, I do agree that a true high speed rail system could probably do a little better than that even. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />The avg speed of non-NEC Amtrak trains is about 50mph, though. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Well, I was speaking primarily about freight traffic. Obviously 50 MPH average speed for passenger service is not any better than current diesel-powered passenger service [:(].
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