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Not sure it has a huge advantage if you take into account the infrastructure: the track is very difficult to build, you need land, you need to take into account
by gregoriol 5y ago
Not sure it has a huge advantage if you take into account the infrastructure: the track is very difficult to build, you need land, you need to take into account every hill or mountain, build bridges and tunnels while a plane can go anywhere without any additional stuff.
Also, a new station at the center of a major city requires a tremendous amount of investment and work, and some new stations may end up outside or far from the center so you'll need time to get to the place you go anyway.
- rsynnott 5y agoI would assume that ~all significant cities in China already have a train station or two...
- gregoriol 5y agoWith existing stations, you'll still need new tracks, and likely larger stations anyway as traffic will go up with new lines. Such projects are likely easier in China where the government has very effective power, not that easy to build in city centers in many other countries.
- BurningFrog 5y agoYeah, high speed rail uses up huge amounts of land. I think acquiring all that land and getting it through environmental review is pretty much impossible in the US.