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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

mahatmakanejeeves

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5. You misunderestimated. It's 56 years.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 09:11 AM

Apr 2020

The first bullet train line opened on October 1, 1964. The first TGV began running in the fall of 1981.

Tōkaidō Shinkansen

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen ( 東海道新幹線 ) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line, opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka. Since 1987 it has been operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), prior to that by Japanese National Railways (JNR). It is the oldest high-speed rail system in the world and one of the most heavily used.

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To Fight a Fast-Moving Pandemic, Get a Faster Hospital [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 OP

That is a great idea. eilen Apr 2020 #1

i was thinking that SAME thing....when we had our first 2 cases we shipped them off to Seattle.. samnsara Apr 2020 #2

Great idea. Meanwhile, Trump wants to "build more hospital ships." sop Apr 2020 #3

USA is 40 years behind in high speed trains. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #4

You misunderestimated. It's 56 years. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #5