New World Record

[Urederra]

Well, I swapped the letters of TGV. In Spanish is AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola). or TAV (Tren de Alta Velocidad), I am not sure.

 

[CartesianFart]

I think there is a strong business case for high-speed trains in the US between major cities not too far apart - the East coast, for instance.

New York to Washington DC is about 240 miles. In a high-speed train the trip would take 90 minutes - from downtown (grand central) to downtown (Union Station). I don't think a plane can beat that.
San Francisco to Los Angeles is 390 miles - 2 hours by high-speed train.

I have to say i did not reference enough material since i am lazy of doing research on the study of mass-transportation networks in continental US but do dream alot on the idea that using only environmentally friendly trains as the sole means of transportation from town to town,suburbs to suburbs and cities to cities.Of course,i am too lazy of researching and explaining in detail of that dream.

 

[Taliesin]

I bet it would have gone much faster had it been moving away from the German border.

 

[Masquerouge]

Well, I swapped the letters of TGV. In Spanish is AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola). or TAV (Tren de Alta Velocidad), I am not sure.

But AVE and TAV is the exact same thing as the French TGV, right? Or does Spain have its own high-speed technology?

I bet it would have gone much faster had it been moving away from the German border.

I can't believe the engineers didn't add that to the equations!

I have to say i did not reference enough material since i am lazy of doing research on the study of mass-transportation networks in continental US but do dream alot on the idea that using only environmentally friendly trains as the sole means of transportation from town to town,suburbs to suburbs and cities to cities.Of course,i am too lazy of researching and explaining in detail of that dream.

Note that I am very careful to limit the usefulness of high-speed trains to cities no farther than 500 KM apart. For transcontinental travel, unfortunately nothing beats the plane.

 

[Urederra]

But AVE and TAV is the exact same thing as the French TGV, right? Or does Spain have its own high-speed technology?

Yep, It is the exact same thing. That is why I tried to use the french acronym, but I swapped the letters.

 

[Irish Caesar]

I think there is a strong business case for high-speed trains in the US between major cities not too far apart - the East coast, for instance.

New York to Washington DC is about 240 miles. In a high-speed train the trip would take 90 minutes - from downtown (grand central) to downtown (Union Station). I don't think a plane can beat that.
San Francisco to Los Angeles is 390 miles - 2 hours by high-speed train.

The Acela high-speed train from Boston to Washington is supposed to go from Boston to New York in an hour and from NYC to Washington in another hour and a half, but I don't know the status of it; I've heard it tends to have brake problems.

And obviously a plane can't beat that; it might take longer than an hour and a half to get through airport security and then wait at your destination to claim your luggage.

 

[De Lorimier]

Wish we had such a high-speed link between Windsor and Quebec City here in Canada.

Indeed. There's always talks about it from politicians during election time. Just like with the missing highway around Montréal (30). I also heard about a link between Montréal and New-England. I want my TGV!

 

[Babbler]

Wish we had such a high-speed link between Windsor and Quebec City here in Canada.

Wish we had handicap accessible trains (the main lesson: never by equipment at European surplus stores).

 

[Syterion]

Well the Japanese one has the potential to go faster because there are new more experimental magnets that theoretically can go much faster than 361. We'll see in time.

 

[Masquerouge]

Didnt a Japanese maglev go faster?

Way not to read the OP!

 

[BEHIND_THE_MASK]

This is a rather nice World Record but it will never beat mine...

Worlds longest Game of Uno...

Im playing with my freind Mao over in China... He hit Uno last turn but my Draw 4 should put him back into place... We'll see once the Letter gets here

 

[Sophie 378]

Can we have one? Five hours to do a 200-mile trip is pretty annoying every time I nip home for a weekend.

(I think there was talk about replacing most of the mainline services with slightly-faster ones some time in the future, with the excuse that these TGV-type zoomers would be too expensive. I also remember someone saying that the Japanese-type maglevs would be much easier and faster since we wouldn't have to engineer for earthquakes in the UK.)

 

[Masquerouge]

Can we have one? Five hours to do a 200-mile trip is pretty annoying every time I nip home for a weekend.

(I think there was talk about replacing most of the mainline services with slightly-faster ones some time in the future, with the excuse that these TGV-type zoomers would be too expensive. I also remember someone saying that the Japanese-type maglevs would be much easier and faster since we wouldn't have to engineer for earthquakes in the UK.)

The cost of building a full maglev network would be pretty much insane, though. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm just saying that if people object to upgrading the rail network because of the cost, then people would freak out when learning about the cost of a maglev network

I believe that railroads is one of the few things where government companies do better than private one - mainly because only governments can actually deal with the infrastructure costs, and have few incentives to skip security costs in order to earn a few more bucks.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Can we have one? Five hours to do a 200-mile trip is pretty annoying every time I nip home for a weekend.

The BBC broadcast did mention how fast a trip it would be between Edinburgh and Glasgow - I can't remember the exact number, though I think it was something ridiculously fast like 60 minutes.

Would probably be delayed due to leaves on the tracks though, or some other excuse.

 

[Sophie 378]

Don't forget the wrong sort of snow!

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

I hope Calgary-Edmonton eventually get the high-speed rail they have been talking about.

I just hope they don't cop out for the cheaper Bombardier trains running on the existed CPR track (top speed 200km/h). The other option is to by TGVs from France (300km/h) and build a new designated line. I honestly think that the study they did underestimated the true ridership increases that would be gained by having that extra time shaved off.

I want French trains.

 

[Fetus4188]

What's the ticket price for a 400 mile trip on one of these trains? And do they serve complimentary tiny sodas and pretzels?

 

[Grisu]

in june, Basel have it's own TGV line to Paris

Bâle - Paris -> 3.5h

 

[Godwynn]

I wish I had one of those from Carbondale to Chicago.

Just did the math, thats 55 minutes to go 333 miles. Amazing, I wish we had something like that stretching across the U.S. I would never have to drive 6 hours again!

 

[Steph]

Paris-Marseilles by TGV, today:
From 94 € to 33 €, depending on the departure time and day.

3 hours trip for about 800 km