high speed rail fail is not new to the US

[T. A. Gardner]

Back at the turn of the 20th century--that is about 1905--high speed rail, as high as you could get it at about 100 to 120 mph, was being sold as the next great thing. It proved to be a boondoggle then just as it has now.

Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad

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Yet, this rail line turned into a total fraudulent deal that took investor's money and never finished much more than a mile of track.

 

[AProudLefty]

Back at the turn of the 20th century--that is about 1905--high speed rail, as high as you could get it at about 100 to 120 mph, was being sold as the next great thing. It proved to be a boondoggle then just as it has now.

Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad

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Yet, this rail line turned into a total fraudulent deal that took investor's money and never finished much more than a mile of track.

High speed train failures means they won't do it.

Oh wait.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The financial failure of BrightLine has been predicted from the moment the idea was announced......the business plan was always fantasy/lie.

 

[AProudLefty]

This is what @T. A. Gardner thinks of any invention.

 

[Hawkeye10]

America is incapable of building HSR, or of doing any other major infrastructure project.....the place no longer functions well enough.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

High speed train failures means they won't do it.

Oh wait.

California, of late, has tried real hard to emulate this massive failure.

 

[AProudLefty]

California, of late, has tried real hard to emulate this massive failure.

That went over your head.

 

[Hawkeye10]

You cant have nice things.......we have wasted many tens of trillions on wars in the service of the bankers.

 

[Hawkeye10]

In a universe where stupid hurts we pulled this shit.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

That went over your head.

No, it didn't. My point was, that high speed fail... err, rail... has been tried in the US in the past and it has always ended in failure. Just because you can build something doesn't mean you should build it.

 

[AProudLefty]

No, it didn't. My point was, that high speed fail... err, rail... has been tried in the US in the past and it has always ended in failure. Just because you can build something doesn't mean you should build it.

Did it fail in China and Japan?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Did it fail in China and Japan?

China, yes, nearly totally. Japan? No. But the lines were carefully limited.

In China, the system is nearly one trillion dollars in debt with no hope of recovering it. Many trains run almost empty, if they are run. Stations stand like ghost towns. The cost of a ticket is something the average Chinese citizen is unwilling to pay for opting for the cheaper, but slower train equivalent.