Comment Comment by ok_dad > 1 km of high speed train line is 20-60 million so 216-650 km of high speed trainIn America, that's how much it costs to build a 30km elevated train that goes ~45km/h (and it isn't going to be finished until ~25 years after work started):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Revised_sch...I am totally for trains, BTW, but I wish we'd hire EU and/or JP train builders to plan and build our trains. parent ok_dad 2 years ago
In America, that's how much it costs to build a 30km elevated train that goes ~45km/h (and it isn't going to be finished until ~25 years after work started):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(Honolulu)#Revised_sch...
I am totally for trains, BTW, but I wish we'd hire EU and/or JP train builders to plan and build our trains.