The track still has a hard speed limit of 79mph from the rails themselves, so much of the savings is in acceleration and braking. Since adding stations costs l

The track still has a hard speed limit of 79mph from the rails themselves, so much of the savings is in acceleration and braking. Since adding stations costs less time now, I guess they decided these extra two were worth it. edit: rules around level crossings may also have something to do with the speed limit.