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"High-speed rail (HSR) is best suited for journeys of 1 to 4½ hours (about 150–900 km or 93–559 mi)" https://www.travelstatsman.com/08082016/high-speed-rail-tra
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"High-speed rail (HSR) is best suited for journeys of 1 to 4½ hours (about 150–900 km or 93–559 mi)" https://www.travelstatsman.com/08082016/high-speed-rail-train-plane/ https://www.travelstatsman.com/08082016/high-speed-rail-trai...
... perfectly suited to link China's smaller cities, but not direct connections to it's major cities.
Maybe driven more by environmental reasons (arguably fewer emissions than plane travel) rather than economic reasons (besides job creation, etc).
- Symmetry 10y agoFor even half full inter-city trains I don't think there's any doubt about which is more energy efficient. Trains will tend to win by about an order of magnitude. Planes aren't any worse than cars containing a single person, though. https://www.withouthotair.com/c20/page_128.shtml https://www.withouthotair.com/c20/page_128.shtml