I want to travel around the world in three hours, who is gonna get me there first?

  • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    You could build them along existing tracks (not that it’s a good idea in the first place)

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      3 months ago

      Higher speed trains need much larger turn radius so existing RoW is not suitable. They’re running into the same issue trying to build high speed rail into the SF Bay Area.