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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by meddlepal on Saturday July 01, 2017 @07:25PM (#14679698)
It's called an airplane and it gets you there in six.
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by enraged_camel on Saturday July 01, 2017 @08:20PM (#14679951)
If you take into account ticketing and check in and security and boarding, the actual number is more like 9 or 10 hours.

Add to this the commute to and from the airports and you are looking at 12 hours.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by Larrikin on Sunday July 02, 2017 @03:21PM (#14683916)
But then you have to get on an airplane and all the horror that brings with it.
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