• lad@programming.dev
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, living in a country you can travel from border to border on a train in 12 hours has some benefits to it

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4 months ago

        This would be possible in the US also if the government was willing to put money into bullet trains but like whatever I guess.

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          4 months ago

          The people in the meme are at about Seattle and NYC, which is a little over 3k miles apart (by car). You’d need to be going 250mph for the entire 12 hours to make that distance. A quick google search says that the maximum operating speed of a bullet train is 200mph, but tests have been conducted at 275mph.

          So, you’d need to go non-stop at 125% max speed to make the trip in 12 hours. Even if you went at 275mph, realistically you’d make a lot of stops along the way, which is going to make the average speed a lot lower. Trains are great, but the US is really big.

          Bonus fact: a non-stop flight from Seattle to NYC takes about 5.5 hours.

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            4 months ago

            I love me some bullet trains, but there is a certain distance that makes planes way more viable.

            There should be a lot more (and higher quality) high speed rail between cities of moderate distance, however.