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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by xboxnolifes on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:41AM (#36917012)
State population density simply doesn't matter. City population and distance between cities matters. Nobody realistically expects train lines to enable transportation to every square mile of the state.
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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by Gibbon1 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:01AM (#36917112)
You are correct. Most of Washington state is empty. Few people live in the Cascades or the eastern plains.

Most of the population of Washington and Portland Metro live inside a long rectangle with an area of 10-15000 square miles. Call it 400 people per square mile. Or probably 15000 people per mile of track which likely is a better number.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:19AM (#36917193)
Well, Germany sort of does ....
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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by bluGill on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:31AM (#36918763)
Germany doesn't have much HSR either. They have some, but they are mostly running slower trains to reach all those small towns.
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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:42AM (#36919716)
By that sort of standard, nowhere has "much HSR". Japan certainly doesn't run the Shinkansen to every little town and village.

There are plenty of 200mph+ lines all across Germany to count as "solid HSR connections", even the last 5-20 miles runs slower.

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