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Virgin Trains Florida (formerly Brightline) now has a three line high speed system and it should complete to Orlando by 2023. California kinda fucked theirs up
by djsumdog 8y ago
Virgin Trains Florida (formerly Brightline) now has a three line high speed system and it should complete to Orlando by 2023.
California kinda fucked theirs up royally, sadly. I really wish they hadn't, because then at least the US would be on track to having two major new high speed rail systems.
If Florida's system is successful, I can see Virgin Trains pushing to get lines extended to Atlanta and Nashville. I think once people really saw it in wide use, demand would go up and we'd see the East Cost AmTrak corridor upgraded as well.
- reaperducer 8y agoVirgin recently bought the Las Vegas ↔ Los Angeles high speed rail company. We'll see what happens there.
- ourlordcaffeine 8y agoIn my mind what California needs more than a high speed intercity network is a medium speed high capacity train system between cities and surrounding commuter settlements.