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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by stuaxo on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:07PM (#36916460)
In the article they point out that for proper HSR you need segrated straight tracks.

Sure, for faster ordinary trains 100mph - 125 you need to improve tracks too, but a lot of that is also improving junctions implementing flyovers and extra track so that trains aren't delayed or stopped.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by bombcar on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:27PM (#36916567)
You don't even really need to get to 100-125 MPH to greatly improve travel times; usually the first step is just double tracking all the things; once that's in place you've shaved 20-30 minutes off a 3 hour trip.

Then you can worry about running faster trains.

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