Texas On "Fast Track" To High Speed Rail
Surprised that no one has posted about this yet. It's big news in the Lone Star State. Via my blog Texas Leftist...
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I believe it had been before, but if the thread isn't kept active it gets removed after approximately 4 months. Look at the oldest threads in this forum, you'll find I'm onto something.
It be easier to get excited after the environmental reviews are completed and financing has been found. Texas has been down this road before to see privately financed HSR wither away into nothing...... |
Yea, good idea Texas, but if I take this train from Dallas to Houston, and I get off in downtown Houston or wherever the terminus is...how the heck do I get to the Galleria/Tanglewood, Sugar Land, Galveston, Memorial Park, The Woodlands, even River Oaks/Montrose without having to transfer from one station to another and then take a multi-stop bus ride, as the light rail goes to NONE of those destinations. And there aren't honestly that many cabs in Houston just driving around looking for pickups, you have to call ahead unless you're at the convention center/large hotel/downtown office tower.
I'll just drive the 3.5 hours, thanks, and honestly, so would everyone else I know in Dallas or Houston. |
If the new train service is established, then the cabbies would be idiots if there weren't some waiting at the train station when the trains come in.
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Exciting, but talk is cheap.
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With the generally easy terrain, there's no reason they can't crank it up to 250mph/400kph, like the UK is doing with their HS2. That would whittle the trip to 72-75 minutes.
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In 2008 China opened the "Wuhan – Guangzhou" high-speed line at 350 km/h (217 mph), the first line ever to operate at that speed. That is until July 2011, when the maximum speed was lowered to 300 km/h (186 mph), it was the fastest line in the world. There are many reasons why China lowered the maximum speed. I don't think American would ever build or operate faster trains than China, even with Japanese equipment. So forget 250 mph max speeds, the best you should expect in daily operations is 186 mph. America is not going to crank the speeds higher than what has been achieved elsewhere. That's why 90 minutes is their goal, not 75 minutes. |
doesn't some chinese city have an airport train that runs at something like 500km/h?
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Using existing technology is the key to getting this train built. |
Someone at the Dallas Morning News is convinced this is happening. I think, however, they are overselling the private sector's ability to come up with the money.
For high-speed rail's future in Texas, the private sector dares to go where government won't |
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