Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’

Re:Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ by GuB-42 on Thursday October 12, 2017 @12:52PM (#15459347)

Are they?

AFAIK, passenger trains have priority. However, if the passenger company rents a specific timeslot from the railway and isn't on time, it isn't surprising if there is traffic along the way.

And high speed trains usually require dedicated tracks to operate at full speed anyways.

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Re:Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ by dvanduzer on Thursday October 12, 2017 @01:40PM (#15459699)

I was also under the impression that freight trains had priority, so I looked and found this article:

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Amtrak-has-priority-ov...

I've experienced these delays many times riding the California Zephyr, and the conductors always say something about the freight trains having priority. According to the article this is because Amtrak is persistently ceding priority, despite federal regulations prioritizing passenger trains.

edit: According to the WaPo article linked by jey in this thread, this ended up overturned in federal court, so I guess as of 2017, freight does have priority over passenger trains in the U.S.

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Re:Hyperloop One Becomes ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ by NegativeLatency on Thursday October 12, 2017 @01:35PM (#15459670)

And straight track runs for really high speed. Which means that you need to acquire land to build through.

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