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Re: High speed rail on the NEC—300 kmh service |
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Posted by Charles G on Sun May 11 17:51:35 2008, in response to Re: High speed rail on the NEC—300 kmh service, posted by NIMBYkiller on Sun May 11 10:37:55 2008. Yes, but unless you live at PABT and are visting someone who lives at South Station your total trip is going to take considerably longer than 4 hours.Think about it this way. If you were going from Port Washington to Cambridge. One hour after leaving your home driving, you'd be somewhere near Bridgeport Ct. One hour after leaving your home via train or bus you'd probably be about ready to depart Penn Station or PABT on the next Amtrak/Greyhound out. The train or bus is never going to make up that kind of head start. After 4 hours driving, you're pulling up in front of the house of that girl you were going to see. After 4 hours via the train method, you're probably in the middle of Rhode Island somewhere if you splurged for the Acela Express -- or maybe just getting to the Connecticut / RI state line if you went local. Either way, you're looking at a minimum 45 minutes before you get dropped at South Station plus whatever time it is going to take to drag you and your bags out to Cambridge. Total time from the actual start and end points matter far more than the speed any one leg of the journey can achieve. |
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