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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by Gibbon1 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:09PM (#19458574)
Denver to Chicago would be perfect for high speed rail. An express high speed train could beat air travel door to door.
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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by jcranmer on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:28PM (#19458674)
No it wouldn't. The ridership cliff for HSR is around the 3-4 hour mark, or about 500-600 miles--Denver-Chicago is 1,000 miles, well outside that range.

What would work quite well, though, would be something like the Auto Train: you can get an overnight ride that ferries your car and you don't have to drive the thoroughly boring drive of the Great Plains.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by Gibbon1 on Friday March 22, 2019 @03:27AM (#19460259)
By the time you got to the airport and through security theater and on the plane, then cleared for take off, HSR would be stopping in Omaha.
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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by justjash on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:31PM (#19458947)
That would be great. The drive across Kansas is torture.
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