Advantage of high speed train?

Question

Advantage of high speed train?

Answer 1

It get you there quicker.

Answer 2

A silly question really!

Just think about it, you can get from London to Manchester in 2 Hours. If you was to fly there you need to get to the airport, check in, and then wait until the plain is ready, then you fly, so with all of these things you would prbably take 2 and a half hours befor you get to manchester airport, then you have to get from the airport to Manchester city centre.

If you drive you are talking 4 - 5 hours to get up the M1, M6 & then M60 to Manchester, then you could hit road works.

So HST (High Speed Train) is best you sit and relax while the train takes the strain!

Answer 3

High speed trains are of advantage when the station to station time is less than the time to go to the airport, check in wait, fly, and go from airport to destination.Or, time to drive.

In Europe, with high population density, high speed trains can work, because of congested airports. In the US, they've only worked in the northeast, in the Boston-Washington DC corridor.  (And because of speed limits, not as good as hoped from NY to Boston.) It's faster to drive.

If you remember, Pan AM used to fly a "shuttle" service, Washington to NY, leaving every hour,  once amtrak got their speeds up, the shuttle shut down.

Also one problem with high speed trains, is the time to slow down and speed up from a station stop. When the French were planning the first TGV routes from Paris to the Med, they had to limit the number of stops.

Do the math, a train at 150 mph covers 2 1/2 miles a minute.  It takes 10 min to slow down for a stop, 5 min in the station, and 20 min to get back up to speed, it just lost lost 45 miles at top speed.

Answer 4

get from point A (starting location) to point B (destination) quicker. quicker times means more people in a single day. more people in one day, means less $$$ you have to pay. trains are fairly cheap anyways.

Answer 5

Over distances of less than 90 miles non-stop there would be very little advantage in a train with a top speed of 186mph over one who's max is 125mph. This is because of accelleration and braking times and the fact that few lines in Britain have very long stretches where the top speed would be allowed anyway.

If it ran on a purpose built railway (a la LGV) then a high speed (186mph +) train would be superb running North-South because it would be genuine competion for airlines. Also be hugely more environmentally friendly.

The new line could be built alongside the existing West Coast Main Line but to different standards. The land-take would be about 1/4 that of a new motorway so it wouldn't destroy the countryside either.

Answer 6

Quicker to reach to your destination in time

Answer 7

Time is money.!!!!!

Answer 8

The advantage of a high speed train is speed.  That's why it is a high speed train.

Answer 9

Marketing.  It appeals to people; they want to ride it.  It inspires new faith in rail transportation.   Because it's new, people are willing to "try it" and break their old habits.

It also brings more business to branch and feeder lines, because it's easy for them to just get off the high-speed rail and get on their local train to get the rest of the way home.

Answer 10

Not only is it quicker, but it saves on resources. For instance if a round trip takes 3 hours rather than 4 hours, then operating an hourly service is going to require 3 trains not 4. And of course you also reduce your staff requirement by 25% too. Added to this is the fact that for every 1 MPH the speed increases you get a certain percentage increase in passenger numbers too (this has been proved over the years). So it is commercially desirable.

Answer 11

You get there quicker, and the train company gets to charge more.

Answer 12

time is money, besides what could be more pleasurable than sitting back and relaxing not having to have anything to worry about. Having plenty of toilets onboard and a bar/restaurant. Beats the planes if you ask me from that prospective and you don't have to go through all those security checks. Plus the carbon foot print you leave behind is minimal compared to the plane. Besides in Europe where I live (England) trains like the ICE (Germany, France, Belgium, Holland) EuroStar (England, France and Italy possibly) they beat most airlines!

But rememeber they are only really that good for long distances and not all train lines are designed to withstand trains with such high speeds.

Answer 13

High speed rail allows passengers to reach their destinations quicker.  It also provides a viable alternative to air travel.

The Northeast Corridor in the United States, when you add up travel time to and from the actual mode of transportation, security checks, and travel time, is just about on par with regional air lines and air shuttles.

To my knowledge, the high speed rail networks in Europe have the airlines licked for any continental distances.

Answer 14

The only trouble is, re the comments about Europe and UK in particular, is that it is so expensive. The Manchester trip (Pendolino, incidentally, not a High Speed Train), is well over £250 1st class. You can travel from LA to New York for half that by Amtrak!