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Proposed high speed freight service in France
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The problems with moving time sensitive freight by the airlines caused the company I work for to quit the business..... Our treasured freight was either snowed in, temperatures were too hot, and/or bumped for passengers luggage..... Nevermind our company was paying $20 million a year in air freight, we were treated no better by the airllines staff than if we were shipping our pet dog..... <br /> <br />What really drove the executives at my company mad were their pricing schedule.... which was very similar to airline seating..... For example, with Expedia, if I wanted to fly to a funeral on a day's notice from Dallas to Las Vegas, I can fly for around $230, however, if the funeral was in Reno, the cheapest non stop flight is $750..... With ground transpotration, pricing is ussally reflected in miles..... <br /> <br />When Amtrak attempted to get into the express business a few years ago, many of the beer companies got involved..... They could move a carload or two of time sensitive beer, yes beer, quickly to the west coast from breweries on the east coast or from the Midwest.....quicker and cheaper by Amtrak than by over the road truck drivers..... However, to be successful Amtrak needed to have brought the product close to an on time schedule...... The failure in this venture was the inability to get there on time......notably the Sunset Limited arriving 8-10 hours late...... And the beer companies were intersted at Amtrak's average transcontinental speed of 40 mph..... Imagine if the speed was 90 mph, or even HSR's 150 mph....... <br /> <br />In America, both UPS and FedEx would be interested in HSR, moving time sensitive freight via a ground network between major cities...... Imagine if HSR was built between New York City and Chicago, being able to move goods by ground the 800 mile distance in less than 6 hours, literally overnight...... <br /> <br />The railroads have missed this golden opportunity..... to underprice and outperform the airlines moving freight quickly..... Nothing less than a dedicated HSR network between the major cities will work...... HSR is more than just moving passengers quickly.......
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