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I agree that there are not yet enough train sets. The HST 125 here in the UK is a seven-car formation (I think). Virgin Trains have come in for a lot of stick for wirthdrawning seven-car trains and replacing them with (more frequent) four-car units. The other issue is possibly that the corridor improvements have not been completed (how often does the Acela get up to 150 mph?). Again, a comparison with the UK: Virgin Trains new Pendolinos (tilting) were built for 140 mph so as to have high(ish) speed and high-frequency schedules to Birmingham and Manchester. However, with Railtrack in administration and the cost escalation on the West Coast Route Modernisation (now around £7-10 billion) the proposed upgrades to allow 140 mph have not yet been carried out. Hence Virgin is to buy some extra sets to allow slower trains, but longer sets and more of them. Jason.
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