Worth noting that "miles of high speed rail" in the US is contentious. Generally to be high speed rail you have to reach consistent speeds of 250 km/h; Spain's trains here go 300 km/hr+. That 49 miles of track in the US, which flies by in like 20 minutes, only reaches a top speed of 240 km/h.
Worth noting that "miles of high speed rail" in the US is contentious. Generally to be high speed rail you have to reach consistent speeds of 250 km/h; Spain's trains here go 300 km/hr+. That 49 miles of track in the US, which flies by in like 20 minutes, only reaches a top speed of 240 km/h.