Posted Feb 8, 2010, 2:19 PM
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Philly -> Osaka -> Tokyo
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: The biggest city on earth. Literally
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1. New intercity rail starts are always great. Especially in Ohio, where only three passenger trains (Lake Shore Limited, Capitol Limited, Cardinal) run.
Cleveland and Cincy both need commuter systems. Ohio has a lot of tracks and almost certainly a lot of unused ROW as well.
2. Calling 79mph service "high-speed" is an insult to "high-speed" service. Although the fact that, if reliable, it would still competitive within its corridor mitigates this somewhat...hey, I'm all for high-speed service as well as middling-speed intercity service, but let's not call a cat a dog, okay?
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