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Old 06-22-2009, 12:08 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sequoias View Post
Yes, it's in France...they also have service between France to UK and France to Germany (TGV POS)

The Amtrak Aleca isn't really THAT fast because of the old infrastructure in Northeast. If they had dedicated high speed rail line then it would be much faster and seperated from the traffic. It only goes up to 150 mph for about 20 minutes between RI to Massachuetts, I think. Most of the time it goes up to 100-120 mph.
Oh really, why does they sticking with old infrastructure?

I found out about fare for Amtrak Aleca isn't cheap, it almost equal to airport fare for DC to NYC but less annoying security for train.
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