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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago

Amtrak Rolls Out New High-Speed Trains Running Slower Than the Old Ones

www.thedailybeast.com

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Amtrak Rolls Out New High-Speed Trains Running Slower Than the Old Ones

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago
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It will take longer to travel from Washington to Boston in the new trains than in the old ones.
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  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    The problem is the rails themselves need to be upgraded to handle true high speed rail.

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      And they’re owned by the freight companies who don’t give a fuck

      Edit: Sorry, this is the northeast, so Amtrak owns some of these rails. Point still stands for most of the country.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    actually, if you disrupt your mindset and step outside the old, rigid thinking of physics, they are moving negatively away-towards from their destination prime more rapidly, so this is actually a big win.

    US train travel just got a whole lot more innovationnated.

  • Wakmrow [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Mission accomplished

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      mission-accomplished-1mission-accomplished-2

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    embarrassing tbh

  • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Granted, they can get there faster than the old trains if they stopped for the same amount of time. They’ll probably get faster in 6 months to a year as station time is reduced.

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