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Re:Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Ve... by Rebelgecko on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @11:21PM (#40140138)
Will that segment of CAHSR be able to run at full speed? The plans have changed so much that it's hard to find a good and up to date source, but my understanding was that to save money a good chunk of phase 1 isn't going to be running at "HSR" speeds. e.g. it'll be sharing track with freight trains, and some routes were made windy-er to save money (with the side effect of limiting speeds)
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Re:Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Ve... by nostrademons on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @11:24PM (#40140170)
It's supposed to run at 220mph, which is significantly faster than the project described here.
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Re:Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Ve... by Rebelgecko on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @02:06AM (#40141161)
What parts are supposed to run at 220mph? I know for a fact that the Bay area segment won't[1], same for other areas like the LA metro

[1]: https://hsr.ca.gov/high-speed-rail-in-california/project-sec...

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Re:Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Ve... by Rebles on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @03:56AM (#40141797)
From Gilroy to Burbank, it will run at top speed to make up some lost time from the Bay area segment. FWIW the BA segment will run at 110mph.
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Re:Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Ve... by donor20 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @02:20AM (#40154097)
I'm in the bay area and literally nothing they've designed around here is going 220mph unless they a going to be banking the tracks 40 degrees and doing a TON of ground breaking engineering around safety to run at 220 mph safely while sharing with Caltrain and other users.
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Re:Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Ve... by jeffbee on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @01:16PM (#40147117)
> be sharing track with freight trains

That's a lie.

> windy-er to save money

The opposite: some segments are longer, more complex, and more expensive to gratify some NIMBYs and influential congressmen.

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