SCNF, the French high speed rail company, proposed to the U.S. government that it build 220 mph train service in America (see Chart).
The news was reported by Foreh Freemark on his terrific blog, The Transport Politic.
Big news in these ways:1. First and foremost, this for-profit company thinks there is Big Money in high speed trains. They should know. They run them in Europe. This takes the discussion to a whole new level. It's not just a government 'bail out.' It's not going to poke along at government speed, because there are for-profiteers who want to make money Now.
2. Any plans for 220 mph trains is good news. It is the Interstate of rail, while 110 mph is the 2 lane highway of rail.
3. Where does SNCF think all the train riders will come from? From people switching from cars to trains!
Check out Freemark's inside story here.
We're dancing on the desk here at NIneShift over this terrific news!
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