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• BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Are you saying a high speed train to your destination wouldn’t also solve that problem? It would likely end up being cheaper to travel via rail considering the lower costs of maintenance and fuel, meaning further accessibility than we have today with our dependence on air travel.

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  • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yes I am, as most trains don’t cross oceans.

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    • BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s fair, and please note that I mentioned air travel has its place in intercontinental travel in my previous comment. The whole point I’m trying to make is that domestic flights between areas that could support high speed land travel infrastructure are wasteful.

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      • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Even within continents, high speed rail is expensive, many cities and towns aren’t large enough or near large enough cities to make it practical. This would mean distant connections on slow trains and very long journeys.

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