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Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Apr 27 04:43:24 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 27 00:54:19 2012. There is always this possibility that such upgraded lines may cost more than a newly built line.The Bordeaux line in France went 125 mph in the 60s and now considered as a conventional line although TGVs run at 130+ mph through there but at what cost? It was maybe the L line of HSR. A test line. Some of the Shinkansen lines in Japan run on former standard narrow gauge lines but they require dedicated equipment. And some of the infrastructures originally built for Shinkansen have been downgraded for narrow gauge 100 mph running but one of them may face closure for passenger service and conversion to freight in the near future because a real HSL is being built after all. The US is mainly Standard Gauge so it won't have Japan's problem but you have to consider others mistakes too. |
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