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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Apr 24 22:09:50 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by J trainloco on Tue Apr 24 18:52:24 2012. So what if they're for freight? Upgrade the ROWs to accommodate the faster passenger trains (add more tracks, grade separate, straight out the curves or build a bypass if needed, better signal system, etc). This is ambitious in the sense it will connect more of America than HSR ever would.From Chicago to Toledo via the existing line is roughly 260 miles: -At an average speed of 130MPH, that's 2 hours -Fastest Greyhound is 4hrs 40mins -Flight is 50 mins (add 1.5 hours for getting from downtown to the airport, check in, and getting from the airport to downtown comes out to 2hrs 20mins) From Chicago to Cincinnati via Indy on the existing line is roughly 325 miles -At an average speed of 130MPH, that's 2.5 hours -Fastest Greyhound is 6hrs 30mins -Flight is 1hr 5mins (add 1.5 hours for getting from downtown to the airport, check in, and getting from the airport to downtown comes out to 2hrs 35mins) Chicago-St Louis via Champaign and Springfield on the existing ROWs is rougly 350 miles. -At an average speed of 130MPH, that's roughly 2 hours and 40 minutes -Fastest Greyhound is 5hrs 10mins -Flight is 1hr 5 mins (add 1.5 hours for getting from downtown to the airport, check in, and getting from the airport to downtown comes out to 2 hrs and 35 mins) Average of 130MPH is probably doable on existing ROWs with the necessary upgrades and as I just showed beats the plane on travel time and blows the bus way out the water. How is HSR more comfortable than a regional train? So tell me why blowing billions more on 220MPH trains is necessary. |
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