Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas::The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year.
“Could” being the operative word. People have been trying to build this since the 1990s.
You’ve gotta laugh… It is the same everywhere I think: Is a high-speed rail possible in Australia
Sydney to Melbourne looks ridiculous in comparison with like three times the distance.
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I doubt it … first, it’s electric, and second, you cannot install a lift kit on it.
But you could add some truck nuts behind every train car and some bull horns on the front.
It’s electric, but a diesel engine strictly for “rolling coal” at cyclists will also be installed.
…in 2567
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Hyperloop? Pfffffttt. My imaginary train is even faster!
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I remember people talking about a HSR system linking the three biggest cities in Texas way back in 2010s. They couldn’t even raise enough support to finish the research for the placement of the train stops. Not sure this will even get pass that.
Can do… But won’t
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Been talking about this for years, wake me up when they actually start doing something.
Seriously. It comes up every couple of years. Then the residents of Grimes county get all up in arms, put signs all along highway 6, vote against it, and then it dies a silent death.
they can’t even keep their power grid functioning in extreme hot or cold weather 🤔
Right? Sorry folks, no train today, it’s over 80f or below 30f degrees out
Naw. They’d be a couple miles down the track before the electric goes out.
So that’s where they export the outdated European first generation trains from the 80s to.
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At least it’s called a bullet train
Not sure if it’s going to happen in Texas, but the Bright line high speed rail between Miami and Orlando is going to be finished by the end of the month hopefully!
That shit has been a battle for the best part of two decades … Can’t believe it finally happened
For what it’s worth, Brightline Florida isn’t quite considered high speed by most metrics. It will have a short 125 mph section, which is kinda the minimum design speed to be considered high speed. The state of rail in the US is so bad though that Brightline Florida might actually have a higher average speed than the Acela…
Brightline West between southern CA and Las Vegas will be designed as a deticated high speed line though.
The biggest obstacle, besides politics and oil/gas money, is neither of these cities are non-car friendly. Both cities are so sprawling you end up spending significantly more time using public transportation than driving. That’s even if public transportation goes to the part of the city you need.
They’ll each need an intermodal stop. That would be so much easier on passengers than the traditional airport stop and, given projected volume, would be essential.
DART is pretty alright if you’re near a stop.
I tried to find the existing Houston rail station on foot one time. It took an hour. There were few helpful signs and sidewalks only some of the time.
