A big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States has launched. Florida's Brightline runs trains between Miami and Orlando. Stops along the route include Fort Lauderdale, Aventura, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach.

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  • buckykat [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    level crossings

    201km/h top speed

    diesel trains, no catenaries

    "high-speed" passenger train service

    • regul [any]
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      11 months ago

      it's really easy to con americans about this because they don't know any better

        • regul [any]
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          11 months ago

          That's great!

          It's still not high speed rail.

          • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            I'm aware lol, she spent a year in Prauge so even she thinks it's meager at best. But the alternative is so piss poor that even a 30mph coal train would be better