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Kaaboom, that's what I thought. The comfy looking seats looked like they were for the express/longer distance suburban/interurban trains.
When I was in Tokyo I noticed that most of the suburban lines had rapid express trains with reserve seating, like that. They are expensive though, so the vast majority of ordinary people just ride the regular trains with the side facing seating. Even those are plenty comfortable though, if you can get a seat. I rode that Narita Express train to the airport. I think the fare cost me about $35, and that was 20 years ago.
Love the acceleration and have seen them touch 90 mph on the AC line.
It has been argued that SEPTA should have jumped on the dual mode order with NJT since we have an electrified network with non-electrified inactive sections. If they were purchased, connections to Newtown, New Hope, Pottstown/Reading/Wyomissing, Quakertown/Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, and Kennett Square/Oxford would all be possible.
This is the type of train that should serve airports here in the US. If a city like Denver had the vision to use a Maglev Train for their Airport service, it could get people from the City Center to the Airport in less then 10 minutes. Instead they are going to open that line next year with some slow cheap rattle trap Korean made train that is going to stop every mile and take an hour to get to the airport. And they wonder why no one uses public transit in the US.
It has been argued that SEPTA should have jumped on the dual mode order with NJT since we have an electrified network with non-electrified inactive sections. If they were purchased, connections to Newtown, New Hope, Pottstown/Reading/Wyomissing, Quakertown/Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, and Kennett Square/Oxford would all be possible.
The reading line would be the most beneficial. Its sad to see that the birthplace of RR as we know it in the NE has no train service to its nearest metro area .
The reading line would be the most beneficial. Its sad to see that the birthplace of RR as we know it in the NE has no train service to its nearest metro area .
And it's a property on the Monopoly board! Perhaps battery electric locomotives will someday enable short extensions of electric lines without having to erect catenary.
The Chinese CHR3 looks interesting, although I'm not too sure about the front row seats of the driver's compartment:
That looks nicer then first class air travel in the US.
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And they wonder why no one uses public transit in the US.
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