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Kaleva

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16. High speed excels where the run is relatively short and the volume high

Reply to hunter (Reply #14)

Fri Jul 13, 2018, 06:23 PM

Jul 2018

The Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Washington D.C. corridor would be well served by high speed rail. The current traffic volume is so high that it would be economically feasible to invest the money into high speed rail there.

In China, where the building of high speed rail lines across the nation is a top priority, there is growing debate about the wisdom of such a program.

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The greater the distance, the less economicaly competitive high speed rail becomes Kaleva Jul 2018 #6

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High speed excels where the run is relatively short and the volume high Kaleva Jul 2018 #16

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