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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by melling on Saturday August 13, 2016 @05:28PM (#12283184)
The US doesn't really have a high-speed rail. Boston to Providence is only 50 miles.

Ok, technically we do have 18 miles of high-speed rail.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_l...

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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by honkhonkpants on Saturday August 13, 2016 @05:31PM (#12283193)
Hey, it's electric! That's radical and exotic to us in California.
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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by djcapelis on Saturday August 13, 2016 @11:16PM (#12284135)
Not for long! In a decade or so Caltrain and CA HSR will both be electric.

Also we have several existing electric rail systems. BART and Muni Metro, for instance. LA Metro too.

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