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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SteO153 on 2025-03-14 08:35:14+00:00.
TIL the US has some high speed rail. I didn’t think we had any.
I think the north east corridor Acela line claims to be high speed, its a bit faster than standard Amtrak I guess. I think there’s also a line in Florida
The title is written weirdly, I’ll reword it longer.
Uzbekistan has several hundred miles of high speed rail, the US has less than a hundred. Even with the new projects being built in the US that will more than quintuple the amount of high speed rail, the US will still have less than Uzbekistan. The US lines are very different speeds, 125, 150, (200), (220), while the Uzbekistan lines are the same speeds 160, (160). The lines in parentheses aren’t built yet.
They call 125 “high speed”?
It’s in mph. 240 kph. Article says: “this article lists all the systems and lines that support speeds over 200 km/h (120 mph) regardless of their statuses of upgraded or newly built.”
According to wiki the USA has a higher population density and less distance of HS rail. Kinda blows out the “we’re too spread out thing”.
OP had a stroke while watching arab fast & furious
rail network bigger than US
THANK YOU
for that big grin on my face
Trains are too woke /s
I don’t believe that the US has any real high-speed rail.
Yes, Technically a few miles of Acela track are high enough speed to cross the threshold to “high speed”. It’s actually amazing that you really can’t tell any difference on that section of track. The old train sets can hit 155 mph on that section, but I thought the newer ones with more tilt can do 165
That being said, I thought it was 35 miles
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