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The high speed rail associations, and the engineering experts who are planning new metropolitan commuter lines, have mention the price of building double track rail lines as $20 to $30 million a mile...... At least that is how much it is costing DART to build its new electrified double track. Obviously, the experts have an idea how much materials, labor, land, and construction costs..... My new high speed rail system suggestion includes new right of way from New York City to Chicago, Chicago to Denver, Chicago to Dallas, Chicago to Atlanta, Dallas to Atlanta, and Washington DC to Atlanta, Atlanta to Miami, and Los Angeles to San Francisco basically.... My Road Atlas says the miles are in order: 821, 1011, 928, 716, 792, 632, 661, and 380 miles. Grand total of new high speed electrified rail is 5941 miles....To make the math easier, let us round this off to 6000 miles..... The total cost is somewhere between $120 billion to $180 billion. Keep in mind that DART is building new track in a metropolitan area where real estate is more expensive. I dare say the feds would be building track in rural areas where the real estate will be cheaper..... The House subcommitte passed legislation to spend $59 billion to build the new high speed rail on existing track..... However, in testimony before the Senate subcommittee, the President of the Railroad Association, the big four, CSX, NS, BNSF, and UP, told the Senate subcommittee not to build high speed rail on existing freight track, saying it would be UNSAFE and a NIGHTMARE to operate high speed passenger trains and slow freights on the same track. The numbers are real! All that is needed is a will and a vision to build high speed rail! And of course the money! Over a 20 year period, all we would need is something like $5 to $6 billion a year.....This is just a drop in the bucket as compared to highway and airport spending the feds undertake..... But you are right, We couldn't charge enough on tickets to spend this money......But somehow we spend more than this for highways and airports without expecting a dime back!
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