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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Fast Passenger Trains
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:49:24 +0300
The undersea tunnel between Denmark and Sweden is not under construction. It 
has been in operation for 15 years or so. Malmö is effectively a suburb of 
Copenhagen now.

Cheers,
Nathan

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Den 21/04/2015 kl. 17.56 skrev Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>> 
>> Having ridden quite a few times on the California Zephyr and the Illinois
>> Zephyr, I'd suggest that 65 to 80 mph is about all that I'd want to go.
> 
>     In this country, anyway.  I rode the original French Sudest TGV many 
> years ago, shortly before the unit trains were overhauled and repainted 
> silver/blue instead of the earlier silver/orange.  At 140 MPH you could 
> scarcely feel or hear anything except for the occasional cycling of the air 
> compressor.  A good portion of the TGV system is along dedicated LGV trackage 
> which now extends all the way to Marseille, and there are no grade crossings 
> or highway overpasses.  A good number of magnificent bridges.
> 
>     The technology is mature and in service all over Europe and eastern Asia. 
>  Even South Korea has an HST, actually a French TGV derivative.  There is 
> presently an undersea tunnel being constructed between Denmark and Sweden, 
> and before long you'll be able to ride a German ICE 300/400 HST from Berlin 
> to Stockholm in less time than it takes to fly.
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
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