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Re:Amtrak's New Acela Trains Are Here. They're Moving Slower... by tantalor on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:08PM (#45066705)
Florida has high speed rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline

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Re:Amtrak's New Acela Trains Are Here. They're Moving Slower... by legitster on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:25PM (#45066929)
It's not technically fast enough to be called high speed rail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher-speed_rail

But it is worth calling out that good regional rail services exist in the US, and they don't even have to be that fast to be successful!

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Re:Amtrak's New Acela Trains Are Here. They're Moving Slower... by allturtles on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:20PM (#45066857)
With an average speed of 70 mph, the Brightline isn't high-speed as it would be defined elsewhere in the world. Neither is the Amtrak Acela, for that matter.
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