Amtrak budget and National Security

[CMStPnP]

Brightline will be starting scheduled service between Orlando and Miami. 170 mile in 3 hours including stops along the way. Less than 60 MPH between the points is not high speed rail by any stretch of anybodies imagination.

So thats their initial schedule and plan for startup. When you built or purchased your first house was it high speed? So that is how I look at the project. It is still a work in progress.

[BaltACD]

BaltACD
Brightline will be starting scheduled service between Orlando and Miami. 170 mile in 3 hours including stops along the way. Less than 60 MPH between the points is not high speed rail by any stretch of anybody’s imagination.

Factor in deceleration, acceleration, and station dwell and the numbers don’t look as bad. Much of the current FEC joint trackage still has speed restrictions, a couple of which are severe: look at the timings on the new section between Orlando and the first scheduled stop after the train turns south for a better idea of sustainable operating speed.

Excuses, excuses, excuses. IF you are advertising that you are starting HIGH SPEED RAIL and your end to end times don’t even exceed the highway allowed speed limit, you have a lot of work to do.