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New York to LA is 4,500 kilometers so comparing to Paris/Lyon might be just a bit apples and oranges. Paris to Baghdad is about the same distance. Cities in t

New York to LA is 4,500 kilometers so comparing to Paris/Lyon might be just a bit apples and oranges. Paris to Baghdad is about the same distance. Cities in the US are too far apart for trains to generally make sense. Trains are for freight.

the_mitsuhiko 8y ago
The comparison was Ney York to Boston.
umanwizard 8y ago
This all is really only true west of the Mississippi. Trains are quite widely used in the densely populated Northeast.
fshaun 8y ago
Every thread about high speed rail seems to have this response to an argument no one is making. NY-LA doesn't make sense, but it is nationally embarrassing not to have the BosWash corridor connected.
- mikeash 8y ago
  But it is connected.
  - TheCoelacanth 8y ago
    By a train that averages 55 mph. That is a national embarrassment.
    - mikeash 8y ago
      I found 70MPH, where did you see 55?
      - TheCoelacanth 8y ago
        I misread the comment as Boston-New York like the route in the article. Boston-New York is slower than the rest of the route. South Station in Boston to Penn Station in New York takes 3:46[1] and those stations are 212 miles apart[2] which is an average of about 55 mph. [1] https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Northeast-Schedule-W04-060918.pdf https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/p... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Pennsylvania+Station,+New+York,+NY+10119/boston+massachusetts+south+station/@41.5508299,-73.6494424,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c259ae15b2adcb:0x7955420634fd7eba!2m2!1d-73.993519!2d40.750568!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e37081fd13d33b:0xc6b2706315b5125c!2m2!1d-71.0550924!2d42.3518711 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Pennsylvania+Station,+New+Yo...
        mikeash 8y ago
        I see. Not that 70MPH is particularly great either.
TheCoelacanth 8y ago
Good thing there are many major American cities closer to New York than LA, such as nearly every single one.

the_mitsuhiko 8y ago

The comparison was Ney York to Boston.

umanwizard 8y ago

This all is really only true west of the Mississippi. Trains are quite widely used in the densely populated Northeast.

fshaun 8y ago

Every thread about high speed rail seems to have this response to an argument no one is making. NY-LA doesn't make sense, but it is nationally embarrassing not to have the BosWash corridor connected.

mikeash 8y ago
But it is connected.
- TheCoelacanth 8y ago
  By a train that averages 55 mph. That is a national embarrassment.
  - mikeash 8y ago
    I found 70MPH, where did you see 55?
    - TheCoelacanth 8y ago
      I misread the comment as Boston-New York like the route in the article. Boston-New York is slower than the rest of the route. South Station in Boston to Penn Station in New York takes 3:46[1] and those stations are 212 miles apart[2] which is an average of about 55 mph. [1] https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/timetables/Northeast-Schedule-W04-060918.pdf https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/p... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Pennsylvania+Station,+New+York,+NY+10119/boston+massachusetts+south+station/@41.5508299,-73.6494424,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c259ae15b2adcb:0x7955420634fd7eba!2m2!1d-73.993519!2d40.750568!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e37081fd13d33b:0xc6b2706315b5125c!2m2!1d-71.0550924!2d42.3518711 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Pennsylvania+Station,+New+Yo...
      - mikeash 8y ago
        I see. Not that 70MPH is particularly great either.

TheCoelacanth 8y ago

Good thing there are many major American cities closer to New York than LA, such as nearly every single one.