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Old Posted Apr 26, 2021, 7:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCalKid View Post
Why is St. Louis still only traveling at 90mph instead of 110mph? I thought they implemented PTC already? Also, anyone know what total travel times will be once all the 110mph upgrades are done?
The short answer is that they screwed up and realized too late that the PTC system they were using would be insufficient for 110 mph. There was a talk a few months ago by High Speed Rail Alliance discussing more in depth about this problem, which I've included below. The timestamp is at 28:38

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https://youtu.be/YA0VJz_S18w?t=1718
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