Posted Jul 16, 2018, 5:01 AM
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He/his/him. >~<, QED!
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Loop, Chicago
Posts: 6,035
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rational Plan3
Well London to Newcastle (Conurbation 1 million) is roughly the same distance in the UK on a track that does not exceed 125 mph. That market can sustain a half hourly train, plus a few extra peak services. One an express with 3 stops (2 hours 50 minutes) and one calling at 7 stops ( 3 hours 10 minutes). Non of the cities between exceed 250,000 most are much smaller. Even a conventional train between those cities should be able to sustain an hourly train quite quickly.
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Atlanta would really need a downtown station for this to be viable, I think.
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