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Originally Posted by Patricia
Why does the USA have such a poor railway system? If the French SNCF were running it, you'd have fast trains, mostly on time.
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Because the US is entierly too big and there are to many major cities... what routes would you build... are you sure you will make money on every route. Also, because we have the most efficient and affordable air travel system in the world too.
There are some high speed rail projects but they are usally state sponsored or between two states. Here is Fl we have been trying to get a rail from Tampa to Orlando and also Miami to Orlando... everyone wants it, but no one wants to pay for it. Disney offered to pay for a large percentage of the Tampa to Orlando system, but they wanted it to terminate on their property... the govt didn't like that... so we ended up with still nothing.
I also heard recenlty of a high speed system from LA to Las Vegas... however this is not the first I've heard that one proposed. I'll believe it when I see it.
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