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Northern Lights Express: Planned Higher-Speed-Rail Amtrak line from Minneapolis to Duluth
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https://www.dot.state.mn.us/nlx/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lights_Express
Top Speed: 90mph (~144 km/h)
Avg. Speed: 60mph (~96 km/h)
Projected Yearly Ridership: 700k
A one-way trip will take about 2.5 hours, roughly the same as driving.
The project has received $194.7M from Minnesota, meeting the 20% local funding required for federal grants
144km/h?
bruh it's slower than the V/Lines that go past my new house.
writing to my local member to suggest we sell you some
Sadly I believe the limitation is that they're driving on upgraded freight rails
Class 4 Single-track rails.
The trainset they're using could easily do a consistent 200kmh along the entire route if they would give it a sensible line to run on.
Spending state and federal money to pay for improvements to private infrastructure rather than just eminent domaining that shit is peak america