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To: i-node who wrote (800600)	8/9/2014 3:24:14 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582530

If you're trying to prove it makes economic sense, no way. The ridership would never pay even a small fraction of the cost of that route. Actually the fast trains in Europe and Japan do make money. Even the faster trains in the US get close to break even. Its the slower trains that in part feed the faster trains that don't make money. But you see................the Japanese and the Euros are okay with that because its for the common good. Its the narcissistic capitalists who only care about profit.

To: i-node who wrote (800600)	8/9/2014 3:51:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582530

As I said, proof of concept. It probably wouldn't be profitable, but it would prove it out at a fairly low cost. For exactly the same reasons the first stretch of Interstate in Texas was the stretch of I-45 between Houston and Galveston. It could be straight, there is little in the way of surface features to cause problems, long enough to be useful and be a huge help if a hurricane were to threaten. The last point is a big one. Due to subsidence, I-45 closes pretty early these days.