FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Billions to Deliver World-Class High-Speed Rail and Launch New Passenger Rail Corridors Across the Country | The White House
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$8.2 Billion from the President’s Investing in America Agenda to Deliver Transformative Passenger Rail in America President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda – a key pillar of Bidenomics – is delivering world class-infrastructure across the country, expanding access to economic opportunity, and creating good-paying jobs. By delivering $66 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law –…
    • Pipoca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Looking at the definitions section of the Wikipedia article on HSR, the Acela is around the bare minimum of several definitions, such as

      Existing tracks specially upgraded for high speeds, allowing a maximum running speed of at least 200 km/h (124 mph).

      Or

      Average running speed across the corridor in excess of 150 km/h (93 mph)

      The Acela is either great MSR, or about half of it is bare minimum HSR, depending on definitions.