seat38a
Engineer
While watching couple videos of Acela passing by at 150 MPH, I was pondering what would the NEC and Acela be like if it was running the full length from BOS -> WAS at 150 MPH? Or even at the TGV's 180 MPH? Especially after my recent HSR train trip in Korea, and reading up on the history of the system, I'm thinking pretty much all the airline shuttles would be out of business and possibly profit to cover the whole system. If the Acela is printing money at the current half assed HSR speeds. At 150 MPH BOS -> WAS in 3.5 hours, NYC -> WAS in 1.5 hours. I'm also guessing more turns using less train sets so also less capital cost. I'm basing this on incremental improvements to the current tracks not a full blown newly built HSR rail line.
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