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Caltrain passenger trains reach top speeds of 79mph: http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/safety_security/Safety_Tips http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/safety_sec
by binarycrusader 12y ago
Caltrain passenger trains reach top speeds of 79mph:
http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/safety_security/Safety_Tips http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/safety_security/Safety_Tip....
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Now, I know you said "average speed", and that's probably a lot less depending on which train is running (limited stop, express, "bullet", local).
The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) "trains" also top out at about 80mph but average only 33mph:
http://www.bart.gov/about/history/facts http://www.bart.gov/about/history/facts
- melling 12y agoIf you look closely, even express trains don't have a high average speed. The companies like to boast that they're fast but it's usually only for a couple miles of track.
- JAFTEM 12y agoI can't even imagine how great it would be traveling from San Jose to San Francisco in ~10-15 minutes (no stops).
- kuschku 12y agoWow, that is really a pity. We have trains here in most of western europe that do about 200mph, but most long-distance travel is at 150mph. So yours are really WTF-worthy, especially considering how dense the population on the east coast of the US or around the SF bay area is. (Trains I’m referring to: ICE 3, TGV, Alvia, Railjet, etc.)