> High speed rail is well $100m/mile, just for the track. That's frankly an insane figure, and depends vastly on what you're building and where. For something

> High speed rail is well $100m/mile, just for the track. That's frankly an insane figure, and depends vastly on what you're building and where. For something that's largely running through rural landscape, you really should expect no more than half that for the total construction cost. Maybe US construction is that expensive, but… wow.