Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bullet train

Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by IshKebab on Saturday May 26, 2018 @04:58PM (#17164211)

Done: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article158562.ece/ALTE...

Southend to Liverpool is 3-4 hours on the train.

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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by mmt on Saturday May 26, 2018 @07:01PM (#17164648)

Not done.

That's only, what, 240 miles? Which means it's not exactly high speed, is it? It could probably reach the 25k/hr that my sibling commentor is asking for, but not the 100k claimed for HSR.

Additionally, if it's Southend-on-Sea, that's not a major urban area. At 25k/hr, you could move the entire population to Liverpool in a little over 7 hours. I smell a contrivance.

Lastly, the name of that picture describes the train carriage as "busy" not something like "typical", so even then I'm skeptical.

Try again. London to Edinburgh. High speed. Typical rush hour.

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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by DrScump on Saturday May 26, 2018 @06:23PM (#17164557)

How close does it get to the stated 25,000 passengers per hour throughput metric?

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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by mmt on Monday May 28, 2018 @04:01PM (#17174502)

Keep in mind that's for light rail, only 1/4 of what the commenter claimed for HSR.

With 3 occupants per vehicle, 4 freeway lanes could carry 25k, not as outlandish-sounding as 25.

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