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Originally Posted by nito
As highlighted by ardecila, you are quoting completely out of date figures from 1995. Prior to the completion of HS1, Eurostar ran on shared non-HSR tracks into London Waterloo. The final phase of HS1 was completed in 2007, enabling average journey speeds for Eurostar between London and Paris of 137mph/216kph.
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The out of date data for the Eurostar reflects more of what would be built in the USA using exiting rail corridors to reach existing train stations in Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, And Charlotte, Atlanta, New York City, Philadelphia, DC, New Haven, Boston, LA, SF, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, etc.
Brightline in Florida and Nevada and Texas Central in Texas are the only proposals building all brand new dedicated HSR train stations in new locales. New train stations for the proposed SEHSR are or will be building shared train stations along an existing rail corridor within the terminating cities. At best, the fastest these proposed HSR trains will go on existing corridors reaching existing train stations is 110 mph. The SEHSR example will be sharing at a minimum close to 40 miles of existing rail corridors approaching Atlanta and Charlotte, about as much as the much maligned out of date data for Eurostar.
When the HSR proposals for the USA include brand new dedicated HSR train stations in new rail corridors in the cities, only then would the new Eurostar data set reflect reality. Like they will for Texas Central and Brightline, which are building brand new dedicated train stations.