Beginning to hear the word "high performance rail" thrown around to refer to 80-100mph service, as opposed to "high speed rail" which had previously been used to refer to anything upwards of 55mph (despite technically referring to a 125mph minimum). It's a start...
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Replying to @380kmh
To be fair, an 80 mph average is fairly impressive. An 80 mph top speed isn't.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
right, but all of these speeds refer to maximum, not average
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Replying to @380kmh
Well the Metropolitan line of the London Underground has a max speed of 62 mph now. No-one would call that "high speed". The standard spec for most new build DMUs in Britain has been 100 mph for some years now. Does America not buy 100 mph DMUs?
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon @380kmh
Though everyone laughed when the Ohio 3C was announced with an average speed of 38 mph. Roughly the same as Inverness to Thurso, which has stops in the middle of nowhere.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
Ya 38mph is a ridiculously low avg speed. Should avg at least 60mph on intercity routes
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Replying to @380kmh
Especially because America doesn't have a lot of regional stopping trains the way Europe does.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon @380kmh
Current Amtrak often manages to offer stopping train speeds while having as few stops as a genuine intercity train. But then Europe is quickly getting rid of long distance sleeper trains.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
Catching up to Japan, which has all but eliminated them (two regular overnight trains remain afaik)
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Replying to @380kmh
We've kept ours in Britain. Though I'm not sure why the lowland sleeper (London to Glasgow and Edinburgh) still runs.
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probably because no (real) high speed rail; in Japan overnight trains would endure anywhere that the Shinkansen hadn't yet reached (and the remaining two both serve such locations)
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Replying to @380kmh
There indeed is not. But it's four and a half hours from London to Glasgow on the day train, a bit less to Edinburgh. The case for a sleeper train must be marginal.
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