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That's because railways lines in the US are over 100 years old and France's TGV runs on dedicated tracks and right of ways. Btw shootout to SB. I was born/grew
by ulfw 13y ago
That's because railways lines in the US are over 100 years old and France's TGV runs on dedicated tracks and right of ways.
Btw shootout to SB. I was born/grew up in Saarland too. Small world!
- ThePhysicist 13y agoYeah it's a small world indeed! Admittedly dedicated tracks are a great thing, but even in Germany where tracks are shared between local trains and ICEs the average travel speed is pretty decent.
- ulfw 13y agoBecause Germany bothers to update tracks and DB uses those tracks usually for passenger trains. US tracks are rarely if ever updated and are mostly owned by freight companies. Many trains don't only go slow, but have to wait minutes, sometimes hours for permission to roll on such tracks while freight trains have priority.