Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur...
by seszett on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:55AM
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Well I'm talking about high speed train lines, I only included Quimper-Vintimille for comparison.
Even if you somehow counted only >300km/h as high-speed, then the LGV Est is a bit more than 300 km long and rated at 320 km/h. I suspect a 100 km-long high-speed line would not even be competitive against cars, except maybe in dense urban areas where car traffic is often slow.
Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur...
by mikeash on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:52AM
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So what? France has an extensive high-speed rail network which even a cursory glance would reveal if one wasn't already aware.
Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur...
by IanCal on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:01AM
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People seemed to be talking rather angrily at each other without actually reading what they said.
> So what?
Call me old fashioned, but I think it's worth responding to what's actually been said.
Re:Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Becomes Reality as Agreements Secur...
by mikeash on Monday June 08, 2015 @11:07AM
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What was said up there was that the longest high-speed rail link in France is 106km long. This is obviously absurd and wrong, which even the most cursory investigation would reveal.
What did I fail to read, exactly? Is it that seszett didn't explicitly specify "high speed" in that one sentence? As I said in my reply, so what? The overall point, that the 106km figure is ridiculous, stands regardless.
They do specifically mention "high speed" train lines.