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There is no appetite for high-speed rail service in the US or Canada. Mainly because of distances. But the Fuxing Hao CR400AF/BF can reach speeds of 249 mph. No
by herodotus 8y ago
There is no appetite for high-speed rail service in the US or Canada. Mainly because of distances. But the Fuxing Hao CR400AF/BF can reach speeds of 249 mph. Now at an average of, lets say, 180mph, it would take about 15 hours to travel from Vancouver to Toronto. (Yes, rough calculation, but just to get the idea.) So I could leave work early, say at 3pm, leave the stations at 4pm, enjoy the view as the rockies whip by, go to bed, wake up and have breakfast on the train, and be ready to have my meeting with the Toronto VCs at 8:30 in the morning. Use electric power instead of diesel, and this would be my preferred way for this route.
Of course, the cost to build this might drain the treasury for the foreseeable future...