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Old 07-16-2019, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Seattle
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A new report released this month that looks at ultra-high speed ground transportation between Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Portland says passengers would be able to travel between each city in less than an hour. The analysis was a collaboration between Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Microsoft.

If the rail moves forward, officials said they hope to have trains running by 2035.

Conclusions of the Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation Business Case Analysis:

UHSGT would move over 3 million passengers a year, and produce $165 million in revenues.
Including intermediary stops in Surrey, Bellingham, Everett, Tacoma, Olympia, Kelso/Longview and others would expand UHSGT ridership notwithstanding minor time penalties.
Revenues from the farebox are expected to cover operating expenses in the long term.

Article link here: https://komonews.com/news/local/high...our-study-says
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Old 07-16-2019, 02:05 PM
 
Location: King County, WA
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Do they have enough traffic to support that mode of transport? Not that I wouldn't mind a ride; taking a trip on the TGV was quite pleasant.
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Old 07-16-2019, 02:34 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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A new report released this month that looks at ultra-high speed ground transportation between Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Portland says passengers would be able to travel between each city in less than an hour. The analysis was a collaboration between Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Microsoft.

If the rail moves forward, officials said they hope to have trains running by 2035.

Conclusions of the Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation Business Case Analysis:

UHSGT would move over 3 million passengers a year, and produce $165 million in revenues.
Including intermediary stops in Surrey, Bellingham, Everett, Tacoma, Olympia, Kelso/Longview and others would expand UHSGT ridership notwithstanding minor time penalties.
Revenues from the farebox are expected to cover operating expenses in the long term.

Article link here: https://komonews.com/news/local/high...our-study-says
That's not ultra-highspeed. That's almost a milk run service.
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Old 07-16-2019, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
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Would be nice. I made the Salem-SEA round trip 12x in 2018-2019 (9 months), The one way is 5.5 hours, 210miles. I recommend the Cascades' train bistro; Ivars clam chowder is a little cheaper on the train vs Ivar's restaurant . Avoid the Amtrak Starlite, northbound, which originate s in SanFransico/oarkland..
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Old 07-16-2019, 02:52 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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Would be nice. I made the Salem-SEA round trip 12x in 2018-2019 (9 months), The one way is 5.5 hours, 210miles. I recommend the Cascades' train bistro; Ivars clam chowder is a little cheaper on the train vs Ivar's restaurant . Avoid the Amtrak Starlite, northbound, which originate s in SanFransico/oarkland..
Why? Do you mean, a daytime schedule is better, for the scenery? What are the options?
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Old 07-16-2019, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
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^options are the Cascades trains owned by Oregon and Washington, with BC Canada contributing something for train and bus service.

More trains n Cascades.
Amtrak Starlite is 1/day. Northbound originate s in CA. Stops at PDX to receive passengers from Empire Builder -Spokane/Chicago.

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Old 07-16-2019, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Bellingham, WA
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That's not ultra-highspeed. That's almost a milk run service.
LOL What kind of milk delivery service are you receiving? Express service from Seattle to Vancouver would take 47 minutes, Seattle to Portland in 58 minutes. Regular service would be around an hour between those stops. Top speed would be 220-250 mph.

https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/defau...dices-2019.pdf
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Old 07-16-2019, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Rochester, WA
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I think to build this they'd need completely new rail lines right?
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Old 07-16-2019, 04:27 PM
 
Location: West Coast U.S.A.
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Olympias real estate prices will climb even further if the high speed rail comes in. The only reason Olympia's prices aren't as high as Seattle's right now is because the commute takes so long.

Seattleites will be thrilled. The rest of us, not so much.
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Old 07-16-2019, 07:48 PM
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Do they have enough traffic to support that mode of transport? Not that I wouldn't mind a ride; taking a trip on the TGV was quite pleasant.
IF you believe in climate change, we need to roll back jet travel back to 1970's levels. We can do this, by limiting jet travel to 1,000 miles or greater and then taxing long-distance trips plane trips at very high levels.

So yes, there would be more than enough traffic to justify the trains.....particularly if you could NOT fly there.
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