I tried to make it fairly realistic. Obviously I would like HSR absolutely everywhere, but a line through middle of nowhere Montana probably would not see much ridership and would come at extreme cost (especially in the mountains).

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    Is this 11-hour figure based on driving or some type of train that already exists?

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      There is a train, it’s 10 hours. And by car it’s 6 hours…

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      Train that already exists, depart is at 11AM and you arrive in NYC at 10PM.

      By car it’s way faster, 6 or 7h iirc