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Average speed would be 87 mph (226 mi in 2.583 hours).
Eurostar (London-Paris, 213 mi) averages 95 mph, but faces a 100 mph limit in the Chunnel.
Tokyo-Kyoto bullet (319 mi) averages 155 mph.
Madrid-Barcelona AVE (386 miles), 154 mph.
Rome-Florence AV (158 miles), 124 mph.
Eurostar (London-Paris, 213 mi) averages 95 mph, but faces a 100 mph limit in the Chunnel.
Tokyo-Kyoto bullet (319 mi) averages 155 mph.
Madrid-Barcelona AVE (386 miles), 154 mph.
Rome-Florence AV (158 miles), 124 mph.
And the Metroliner launched by the Pennsylvania Railroad on the same NY to DC route in 1969 took 2 hours, 30 minutes: 5 minutes faster than this new train.
(The Metroliner came about after President Lyndon Johnson called for high-speed trains in his 1965 State of the Union, setting a goal of a Boston-Washington travel time of 4 hours. Boston to Washington in 4 hours would be a 112 mph average speed.)
"I will ask for funds to study high-speed rail transportation between urban centers. We will begin with test projects between Washington and Boston. On high-speed trains, passengers could travel this distance in less than 4 hours."
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