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re: 310 mph train in Japan drives by. Don't blink or you may miss it.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:08 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:08 am to RollTide1987
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airlines…from Reagan to JFK… takes 90 minutes
Then it takes another 90 minutes to go six miles from JFK to midtown by car.
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Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:08 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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Like others have said, it’s a pipe dream.
We have too many "stakeholders" (mainly environmental) that cause everything to take forever and costs a fortune. This is why we dont have massive public works nearly as much as we used to.
The White Pass and Yukon Railroad was built in 9 months through massive mountains and unforgiving winter from Skagway AK to Whitehorse YT. You'll never see that kind of progress again.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:15 am to RummelTiger
High speed buses in diamond lanes centered on 35 and 45 would be feasible. Texas is just too tied to it's vehicles.
Plus the taxpayers will be on the hook no matter what is saud
Plus the taxpayers will be on the hook no matter what is saud
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:23 am to TechBullDawg
When I see that sort of speed, I wonder if the passengers are strapped into seats in case of an accident. But, then, if there were a sudden stop, the unrestrained parts of their bodies would still be going 500mph and you might have to separate the corpses with a pancake turner from the front wall of that particular car.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:31 am to HubbaBubba
I fly several times a month, trains in the US, even coach for day trips, are a significantly better travel experience than flying and its not close. Trains won't work for many trips, but it should more of an option in this country.
Why aren't they, political will to build new infrastructure and change is hard. Its not fiscal, you could divert a smaller percentage of the money we spend subsidizing roads and airports to improve the passenger train network.
Last, train stations can actually drive real estate development in cities, and especially in smaller cities. The untold story of the Amtrak Mardi Gras line is how much investment in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula is happening around the train stops.
Why aren't they, political will to build new infrastructure and change is hard. Its not fiscal, you could divert a smaller percentage of the money we spend subsidizing roads and airports to improve the passenger train network.
Last, train stations can actually drive real estate development in cities, and especially in smaller cities. The untold story of the Amtrak Mardi Gras line is how much investment in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula is happening around the train stops.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:34 am to TheIndulger
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Does the train put you in manhattan instead of an hour away?
It does. But I'm still getting to my hotel an hour earlier if I take a plane vis taking the train.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 10:47 am to RollTide1987
I'm taking the extra hour and the train experience 100% of the time in that scenario! On the train I'm sitting in a larger, more comfortable seat, more space for bags, full size bathroom and bar cart whenever I want to use them.
Flying is sitting in a car for 90 minutes to get to the airport, going through security, waiting in line to board, not being able to move for an hour between taxi, takeoff, land, taxi to gate, using small plane pisser I have to bend over to fit in. Hoping flight is smooth enough to get service so I can have a drink.
Flying is sitting in a car for 90 minutes to get to the airport, going through security, waiting in line to board, not being able to move for an hour between taxi, takeoff, land, taxi to gate, using small plane pisser I have to bend over to fit in. Hoping flight is smooth enough to get service so I can have a drink.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:12 am to Bama Bird
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Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio?
Is there even enough travel between them to justify it? And specifically, enough travel between city center to city center
Yes. On a typical Tuesday, Southwest runs a flight from Hobby to Love about every hour while American & United each have about 8 flights a day. I do it mainly because nobody enjoys driving the hell of a stretch from Dallas-Houston on 45 at any time of day. It should be at least a 6 lane freeway all the way.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:19 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.
more safe? What do you mean?
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:24 am to HubbaBubba
I dont trust anyone to keep it safe or to derail from some idiot stopping on the tracks. Look at Brightline in Florida as an example.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:25 am to NOLALGD
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I'm taking the extra hour and the train experience 100% of the time in that scenario! On the train I'm sitting in a larger, more comfortable seat, more space for bags, full size bathroom and bar cart whenever I want to use them.
To each their own I suppose. The fact that trains haven't taken off in the United States speaks to the fact that you rank within the minority. Washington, D.C. to New York City is one of Amtrak's only profitable routes due to the fact that it is only a four hour train ride between the two cities and the price is comparable to that of taking a plane. Meanwhile, the travel time between New York and Los Angeles on Amtrak averages between 79 and 82 hours and costs about the same price as it would to fly between those same two cities.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:26 am to NOLALGD
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I'm taking the extra hour and the train experience 100% of the time in that scenario! On the train I'm sitting in a larger, more comfortable seat, more space for bags, full size bathroom and bar cart whenever I want to use them.
We would do to trains what we did to airplanes if they became mainstream travel options.
Less legroom, more people crammed into he cabin.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:27 am to HubbaBubba
I’m gonna need a gif of those face expressions at the end.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 11:41 am to moneyg
quote:If you aren't flying, you're driving, which has many times greater odds of a deadly or disfiguring accident than flying.
more safe? What do you mean?
Posted on 11/28/25 at 6:01 pm to RogerTheShrubber
It's apples to oranges proggie stereotype. Japan will never have to deal with the millions of miles combined of a continental interstate system. If we measured thinking ahead as investing in mostly free very good roads connecting an entire continent we'd be light years ahead of Japan.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 6:07 pm to hansenthered1
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Japan will never have to deal with the millions of miles combined of a continental interstate system.
I'm not advocating for more train service. We're falling behind in most modern infrastructure movements.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 6:11 pm to HubbaBubba
This a troll? Why would someone post this question about rail in the US.
Are you choking on your gum?
Are you choking on your gum?
Posted on 11/28/25 at 6:22 pm to RogerTheShrubber
You're making the case the East can plan better than the West. I'd say no, but the progs have done a lot to make the West weak and unable to carry these things out.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 6:25 pm to hansenthered1
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You're making the case the East can plan better than the West.
We suck at it.
We throw money at the problem, they plan, build and implement.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 7:54 pm to RogerTheShrubber
The train in the video may be the Chinese maglev
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