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The Brightline train travels at 75 mph for a significant portion of its distance. It has to slow down due to dozens and dozens of road crossings. It's half-ass
by AshleyGrant 3y ago
The Brightline train travels at 75 mph for a significant portion of its distance. It has to slow down due to dozens and dozens of road crossings.
It's half-assed compared to what California is building.
- bombcar 3y agoBut to be fair to the Brightline, the half of the ass that they do have is actually moving passengers today. Track upgrades and locomotive upgrades are also being done to the Pacific Surfliner which in theory could get it above 120 MPH at some points, putting it semi-officially in "high speed rail" territory.
- runarberg 3y agoBut to be completely fair Brightline is only running passengers on a portion of this route (yet) between Miami and West Palm Beach, but so is the state of California, which is actually moving passengers today on both the Caltrain corridor between SF and Gilroy and the LOSSAN corridor between LA union station and Anaheim.
- stickyricky 3y agoOkay class... Everyone's trains are great. We don't need to compare. Trains are cool. Lets just encourage and build more of them.