This has more to do with how commuter trains are forced to give priority to freight trains, causing delays, than actual travel times
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months agoit takes me 24 hours to go by train the same distance it takes me to fly 1.5 hours. and the cost is the same. there are some problems.
recklessengagement@lemmy.world 5 months ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
no it has to do with stopping at every damn town and there being mountains that slow the trains the fuck down from whatever speed y’all imagine them being able to go to like, 40mph. but please go off.
plyth@feddit.org 5 months ago
If you go 300km/h by train and 900km/h by plane then the numbers don’t add up.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
they got some fuckin mountains, it ain’t flat
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
It’s not that extreme, but even if we assume a 200 mph HSR train:
Admittedly, there’s a point to be made that hardly anyone would drive from Florida straight to Massachusetts or the other way around, but the distance is still impressive.
Airplanes who fly at 600 mph reduce that travel time to 1/3rd.