• mkwt@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The current Lake Shore Limited route is 1,543 km. Doing that in 2.5 hours requires an average speed of 617 km/hr. At TGV top speeds of 320 km/hr it is a 4.8 hour trip.

    As far as I know, 600 km/hr requires the development of additional technology not in operational use in other countries.