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310 mph train in Japan drives by. Don't blink or you may miss it.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:38 am
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:38 am
Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio? No, our state is concerned with the evils of smoking hemp, not an alternative and more safe mode of travel.
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Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:41 am to HubbaBubba
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Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio? No, our state is concerned with the evils of smoking hemp, not an alternative and more safe mode of travel.
If you honestly can't see the other challenges that would come from building that here in Texas, and only want to focus on the "evils of smoking hemp", then that's an indictment on you...
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:43 am to HubbaBubba
Video is speed up. Watch under the bridge.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:43 am to HubbaBubba
Looks like the boats in the water are super fast as well.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:46 am to HubbaBubba
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Why don't we have this
Have you not seen who uses public transportation in our country?
So we could spend billions of dollars for innocent women to be stabbed and set on fire at close to the speed of sound?
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:51 am to RummelTiger
quote:I see the deep-pocketed lobbyists from American Airlines' and Southwest Airlines as the major challenges.
If you honestly can't see the other challenges that would come from building that here in Texas
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:53 am to HubbaBubba
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Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio? No, our state is concerned with the evils of smoking hemp, not an alternative and more safe mode of travel.
Citizens actually have some nominal eminent domain rights here, the Japanese do not, and really couldn't even conceive of opposing their government for the most part.
In the US, this train would be both a vandalism target and a major terror target - imagine a 310 MPH derailment of a passenger train because some idiot wanted to see what would happen if it ran over a car tire. This is one reason that Elon wants to do one underground. In Japan, such crimes and stupidity are inconceivable. The conviction rate on arrests there is ~97%. It is a zero tolerance, ultra high trust society.
Then there's engineering -
1. There are no environmental impact studies in Japan. Right here in CenTex alone entire major projects have been halted or faced major alterations because of a previously unknown cave beetle and blind cave salamanders discovered at the development sites. Now you want to dig a 100' deep x 100' wide track foundation the length of Texas, and you think you won't hit something of interest?
2. Japan is geologically unstable but with a very refined network of earthquake and landslide sensors that can shut the train down. Texas is geologically stable, except for caleche heave that can be as much as 12 inches in a year down in the Southern part of the state. It would be a far greater engineering challenge to make the tracks stable here than it is there, annual maintenance would be a killer.
3. Distance between major population centers. Japan has hugely concentrated populations. The train actually has time to accelerate to its max speed between them. The distance from San Antonio to Austin is barely enough to accelerate then decelerate to a much lower top speed. Same for Austin to Waco, and no, you won't get away with bypassing Waco. Too many influential Baylor alums. Then do you stop on the S side of DFW and the N side? Or do you split and go East and West? How many g's are you going to pull for acceleration? I've been on the Shinkansen many times, and it pulls just enough to keep you in your seat initially, then is very slow accelerating from there on. I could see all the San Antonio mayo tankers and screaming kids loading up for a 3g pull to Austin now....
I could go on all day. Stick to Pollyanna fantasies OP. Leave the real world to us.
This post was edited on 11/28/25 at 9:03 am
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:54 am to HubbaBubba
Sigh, were you high when you posted your question?
Let's start. The distances between Tokyo and Osaka and Dallas and Houston are similar. That's where the similarities end.
The two Japanese cities have population densities that are much greater, Tokyo is 6,000+ and Osaka is 4,000+. Dallas and Houston are under 4,000 but the big issues is that between them is nothing. One or two cities that are medium sized but mainly a lot of nothing. In Japan the line would go between at least 3 or 4 large cities and many medium cities. The population of Japan is crammed into a smaller area due to the mountains.
Another bigger issue is that the high speed trains connect cities with surface regional rails and local subways so once at the destination the person in Japan will often changes trains two or three times to get to the final destination.
The US is huge place. Most people don't live in subway adjacent homes. We have cars because they are aimed at individual needs and allow us to live in our huge country outside of the urban cores that increasingly seem like sets to dystopian movies.
For the US to have a rail network that would connect people it would need to build the network not just the high speed lines. Instead of the worlds fastest magleve the TX should seek to set up a few daily trains in each direction that go as fast or just a bit faster than cars. Try and build a rider base and allow the market to develop how people will get from the trains to their final destination. Probably some bus system in mots of the area we are talking about.
Lastly, the Japanese have a very conservative social culture in many ways. Respect for others is huge, not being a problem for others is huge. Think of how our airlines are struggling with the crazy slobs melting down and think of that happening on a high speed train. Also, this train would be going very fast across the US, so expect assholes to toss shite on the tracks or try and cross them or some crazy person randomly shooting at a passing train, and then the resultant highspeed train wrecks that will occur. This issue has plagued the FL system that has begun a few years ago.
We could have it but it would never be like the ones in Japan.
Let's start. The distances between Tokyo and Osaka and Dallas and Houston are similar. That's where the similarities end.
The two Japanese cities have population densities that are much greater, Tokyo is 6,000+ and Osaka is 4,000+. Dallas and Houston are under 4,000 but the big issues is that between them is nothing. One or two cities that are medium sized but mainly a lot of nothing. In Japan the line would go between at least 3 or 4 large cities and many medium cities. The population of Japan is crammed into a smaller area due to the mountains.
Another bigger issue is that the high speed trains connect cities with surface regional rails and local subways so once at the destination the person in Japan will often changes trains two or three times to get to the final destination.
The US is huge place. Most people don't live in subway adjacent homes. We have cars because they are aimed at individual needs and allow us to live in our huge country outside of the urban cores that increasingly seem like sets to dystopian movies.
For the US to have a rail network that would connect people it would need to build the network not just the high speed lines. Instead of the worlds fastest magleve the TX should seek to set up a few daily trains in each direction that go as fast or just a bit faster than cars. Try and build a rider base and allow the market to develop how people will get from the trains to their final destination. Probably some bus system in mots of the area we are talking about.
Lastly, the Japanese have a very conservative social culture in many ways. Respect for others is huge, not being a problem for others is huge. Think of how our airlines are struggling with the crazy slobs melting down and think of that happening on a high speed train. Also, this train would be going very fast across the US, so expect assholes to toss shite on the tracks or try and cross them or some crazy person randomly shooting at a passing train, and then the resultant highspeed train wrecks that will occur. This issue has plagued the FL system that has begun a few years ago.
We could have it but it would never be like the ones in Japan.
This post was edited on 11/28/25 at 9:14 am
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:55 am to HubbaBubba
I see landowners and the railroad operators as the major challenges.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:56 am to HubbaBubba
I love the Japanese. If I had to pick a country besides here, it'd be Japan
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:56 am to TheRealTigerHorn
quote:Spoken like a true lobbyist shill for the airline industry.
TheRealTigerHorn
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:56 am to HubbaBubba
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Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio?
Southwest Airlines would lose a lot of money. The Hobby to Love Field route is probably their busiest route.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 8:57 am to HubbaBubba
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I see the deep-pocketed lobbyists from American Airlines' and Southwest Airlines as the major challenges.
The average cost of a train ticket between D.C. and NYC is $116. The trip takes about four hours if you're traveling on the Northeast Regional (the cheapest option). Meanwhile, the average cost of a Delta airlines ticket going from Reagan National to JFK is between $130-$150 and travel time takes less than 90 minutes.
Why am I taking the train again?
This post was edited on 11/28/25 at 9:00 am
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:02 am to HubbaBubba
Are you a 20 something college student?
You think the airlines are the ones preventing rail? What about the freight rail who own most of the tracks? TX going to eminent domain huge amounts of land across how many congressional and state house districts? That would be political suicide for whoever supports the project.
Not everything is caused by some simple linear economic conspiracy.
You think the airlines are the ones preventing rail? What about the freight rail who own most of the tracks? TX going to eminent domain huge amounts of land across how many congressional and state house districts? That would be political suicide for whoever supports the project.
Not everything is caused by some simple linear economic conspiracy.
This post was edited on 11/28/25 at 9:15 am
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:03 am to HubbaBubba
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310 mph train in Japan drives by. Don't blink or you may miss it.
Stopped reading right there. The fastest bullet train in Japan is about 310kph so a little under 200mph
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:03 am to HubbaBubba
Heckin love the Japs 
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:04 am to HubbaBubba
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Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio? No, our state is concerned with the evils of smoking hemp, not an alternative and more safe mode of travel.
The US has become almost too expensive for massive public works projects.
Its also become a regulatory quagmire which means everything costs more than estimated and takes longer.
Drop some regulations and hire cheaper labor and this might become a reality.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:07 am to hansenthered1
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The US is huge place. Most people don't live in subway adjacent homes. We have cars because they are aimed at individual needs and allow us to live in our huge country outside of the urban cores that increasingly seem like sets to dystopian movies.
To add to this poster's excellent points, Japan has about 1/3rd the population of the US crammed into a habitable area about the size of Ohio. The vast majority of the country is uninhabitable steep mountains and landslide-prone areas, as in landslides weekly, not once every 10 years in a heavy rain the way we think of "landslide prone".
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:07 am to RogerTheShrubber
The Japs are so much more advanced than we are
Plus a beautiful country with no litter and everyone has manners. Also no… never mind
Plus a beautiful country with no litter and everyone has manners. Also no… never mind
Posted on 11/28/25 at 9:09 am to dallastiger55
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The Japs are so much more advanced than we are
There is some merit to Eastern thought. We're pretty short sighted compared to Japan, and even China.
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