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Re:New Tube for London by melling on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:08AM (#8431874)
Maglev trains. Smooth, fast, and quiet. How fast are Tube trains now? Low-speed maglevs could run between 60-100 mph.
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Re:New Tube for London by alexbilbie on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:43AM (#8431999)
The average speed of a Tube train is 33km/h, but speeds of up to 50mph can be reached on the Victoria line and 60mph on the Metropolitan [1]

[1] http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/09/london-underground-turns-150-t...

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Re:New Tube for London by ohmygawd on Thursday October 09, 2014 @10:07AM (#8432411)
High speed isn't a huge advantage for trains that have to stop at a lot of stations.
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Re:New Tube for London by melling on Thursday October 09, 2014 @12:31PM (#8433430)
Better acceleration will. Sure, the local trains won't benefit as much; but in NYC, at least, there are express subway trains.

Also, consider that the "small" benefit for the local train is applied to millions of people a day. That'll add up to lifetimes.

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