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Re: High speed rail on the NEC—300 kmh service |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu May 8 01:59:49 2008, in response to High speed rail on the NEC-300 kmh service, posted by R42 4787 on Thu May 8 00:45:59 2008. You're joking, right?Nothing like that is ever done "simply". The ICE-T in Germany gets average speeds up as fast as 120 mph on traditional rail corridors. And that's with top speeds of 143 mph. How fast do you think the NEC really needs to be? Amtrak's already trouncing the air shuttles between NY and DC with trains operating at 82-mph average speeds. You cannot convert the NEC into a railroad that has average speeds that would allow a 1½-hour trip between the two cities, something that's not even needed. And you'll never, ever get commuter rail off that artery—it's too important. (So you want to kill NJT service to Trenton?? or SEPTA R2 to Delaware and R7 to Trenton NJ?) |
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