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How fast could you go from coast to coast in one of those high-speed trains that exist in other countries? 10 hours maybe?
by zagrebian 4y ago
How fast could you go from coast to coast in one of those high-speed trains that exist in other countries? 10 hours maybe?
- mastax 4y agoThe fastest train currently in long-distance service is the Fuxing Hao CR400AF/BF which is currently in service at 350 km/h (220 mph). San Diego to Jacksonville is 3350km (2100mi) straight line. That gives a lower bound of 9.5 hours. Of course the actual path couldn't be a straight line, and the train would need to accelerate and decelerate several times for intermediate stops.
- colechristensen 4y ago15 hours if the train didn't stop, considerably more if the practicalities of an actual rail system were in play. Japanese high speed rail has a top speed of 200 mph but not all lines, coast to coast is 3000 miles in the US depending on where you want to start and stop.
- robin_reala 4y agoIf you take exist to be “exists as a prototype” or “exists, but only serving a short route” then you could cover ~3000 miles in 11.5 hours without stopping using the Shanghai Transrapid,[1] or 10 hours using the latest Transrapid[2] or L0 Series shinkansen.[3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_maglev_train https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_maglev_train [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L0_Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L0_Series