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Originally Posted by k1052
A sub 6 hour time would be realistic and still be competitive with air travel door to door.
Given the number of times I've been delayed at LGA and EWR or freeze my butt off in a cab line a mile long if there was such a rail option I'd never fly from Chicago to NYC again.
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All you would have to do is settle upon a primary route, which cities do you stop at, which cities do you avoid, which cities do you bypass? The Appalachian Mountains will have to be tunneled again, over your brand new HSR corridor, no existing corridor could support those high speeds. Then we would have to choose new train stations in both Chicago and New York City, the existing major train stations would be far above capacity if this HSR attracted as many passengers as Acela. As it is, some will suggest Penn Station is at capacity today.