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That doesn't mean it's fast
by trbleclef 3y ago
That doesn't mean it's fast
- TylerE 3y agoIt is though. On a trip earlier this year I clocked at it almost 150mph via GPS. That's HSR by any definition.
- shiroiuma 3y agoAcela is indeed fast for a short stretch. But the average speed is terrible, so it's only "HSR" on a technicality. It could be serious HSR if they had control and/or ownership of the entire route and made it as good as that short section where they can hit that peak speed. Acela is like a Formula 1 car that gets to do one quick lap on a nice racetrack, then has to take another course through bumper-to-bumper traffic for the rest of the race.
- TylerE 3y agoYou’re overstating it. The rest of the route is, except for a couple of areas around stations, a 125 limit, which is still basically double what Amtrak averages anywhere else.
- JJMcJ 3y agoIt's what the rest of the industrialized world calls "a train".
- lmm 3y agoIt's substantially faster than Brightline, so claiming it isn't HSR but Brightline somehow is is absurd.