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ACELA IS IT A BIG MISTAKE
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From my side of the Atlantic, i think Acela is OK and it's a shame the turbo liner program for New York - Albany ran out of cash. In Britain the West Coast Mainline has been upgraded by working down to the foundations and building up again while still running trains. It has been disruptive and very expensive, majorly over budget, but on the same alignement and the extra speed has been won using tilting trains and new more robust catenery. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link is expensive, but on budget and on time. It would have been cheaper to build a new TGV style line than up grade the West Coast Mainline. But in Britain Cities are close together so you have to consider is a new super railway that good a deal if you maby stop every 70 miles. I live in Doncaster on the East Coast Mainline from London to Scotland, an express train that has a limited time table may stop at Peterborough (78 miles from London) Grantham (105 miles from London) Doncaster (156 Miles from London) York (188 miles from London) Newcastle (268 Miles from London) and Edinburgh (393 miles from London). That sort of run may take 5 hours, some trains may just stop at York and Newcastle and take 4 hours, but some trains can stop more frequently. Now with 230 miles or so between NY and DC with two major cities and other sizable places you dont want to miss, is something that goes 125 to 150 mph such a bad deal.
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