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minus-squareregul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoIn my dreams, the NEC becomes the Eastern Seaboard Corridor and runs from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida. Hopefully electrification just keeps inching south to Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, …
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI can see North Carolina and Georgia being on board, but good luck convincing South Carolina to agree as well. This is even though HSR could really help develop two cities in SC.
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoRichmond to Raleigh is getting upgrades and better trains but not a HSR line.
minus-squareregul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoAmtrak should just eminent domain the track, goddamit.
In my dreams, the NEC becomes the Eastern Seaboard Corridor and runs from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida.
Hopefully electrification just keeps inching south to Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, …
I can see North Carolina and Georgia being on board, but good luck convincing South Carolina to agree as well.
This is even though HSR could really help develop two cities in SC.
Richmond to Raleigh is getting upgrades and better trains but not a HSR line.
Amtrak should just eminent domain the track, goddamit.