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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 weeks agoAcela trains are the fastest in the Americas, reaching 150–160 miles per hour (240–260 km/h) (qualifying as high-speed rail), but only for approximately 40 miles (64 km) of the 457-mile (735 km) route.
That has to be the slowest high-speed rail in the world. 260km/h is not even that fast and it only reaches this speed for couple minutes.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
260 is pretty decent for HSR, lots of services are called “high speed” despite only being 200km/h (the thing is just that the services run almost the entire line at that speed)