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I tried to make it fairly realistic. Obviously I would like HSR absolutely everywhere, but a line through middle of nowhere Montana probably would not see much ridership and would come at extreme cost (especially in the mountains).

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[–] Hypnoctopus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this 11-hour figure based on driving or some type of train that already exists?

[–] Nsh@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a train, it's 10 hours. And by car it's 6 hours..

[–] HardlightCereal@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

High speed rail goes faster than traditional rail

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The clue is in the name, see!

In related news, I'm never going by Nonstop Testicular Torsion Rail again no matter how cheap the tickets are.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Train that already exists, depart is at 11AM and you arrive in NYC at 10PM.

By car it's way faster, 6 or 7h iirc