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Brightline is run on nearly 100% pre-existing tracks though right? CA HSR is 100% new build.
by ac29 4y ago
Brightline is run on nearly 100% pre-existing tracks though right? CA HSR is 100% new build.
- chiph 4y agoAbout half-ish is new track. There was an existing single track owned by the Florida East Coast Railway used by freight trains, and they are adding a second track (double-tracking). But to be fair, they already owned the right of way from when it was previously double-tracked in the 1920's, so adding the second track hasn't been hugely expensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway
- runarberg 4y agoNit: CAHSR is not quite 100% new track. The alignment between Anaheim and Burbank is the same as the Metrolink’s and between Gilroy and San Fransisco is the same as Caltrain’s. Both need(ed) major improvements, but so did Brightline’s. I’m not saying though that both projects are comparable (they are not. CAHSR is several factors more ambitious), this was merely a nitpick.