Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong
by machello13 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:06PM
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Is that a joke? Not every train stops at every station. And an advantage of high speed trains is they can accelerate very quickly.
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> And an advantage of high speed trains is they can accelerate very quickly.
They really can't.
Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong
by bobthepanda on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:28PM
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They accelerate reasonably quickly, but doing so any faster uses more energy and also starts impacting passenger comfort. People would like to have a cup of coffee on the table without hot liquid sloshing out onto their laps.
Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong
by machello13 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:41PM
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They absolutely can. They're obviously limited by passenger comfort as the other commenter said, but the difference between an Acela and a Northeast Regional in acceleration speed is obvious.