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作者：BWolfe_2001 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
By Kenji Hall
Faster Trains on Track?
The U.S. has long lagged behind the rest of the world in the development of high-speed trains. Countries like Japan and France have had extensive super-fast railroads for decades, providing travelers with convenient alternatives to planes and cars. China has a high-speed line, using magnetic levitation technology, in Shanghai with many more planned. Taiwan and South Korea have built high-speed train networks, too. Meanwhile, the U.S. has nothing outside of the Northeast corridor. That may change soon. President Obama's stimulus plan, passed by Congress last month, includes $8 billion to fund high-speed train projects. It's unclear, though, how much the Obama administration is willing to spend on new rail lines. The cost of rail projects can be expensive. One example: Upgrading 322 kilometers (200 miles) of track between New York and Boston for Amtrak's Acela train cost $1.6 billion a decade ago. Here's a look at high-speed train projects around the world—and some of the places in the U.S. that are hoping to get in on the action, too.
Japan's Shinkansen
The shinkansen, or "bullet train," began running in 1964. The trains are now operated by companies broken off from the former national railway, Japan Railway. Shinkansen trains travel at top speeds of around 300 kph (186 mph) and leave Tokyo every few minutes heading for Nagoya in central Japan, Osaka, and Hakata, on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu. Lines also run north to Yamagata, Akita, and Hachinohe. There has never been a fatal accident on the shinkansen lines. Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, and Kinki Sharyo manufacture most of the trains.
Japan's Maglev
Central Japan Railway has spent more than four decades developing a maglev—short for magnetic levitation—transport system. The train gets its name from the way it floats a few centimeters above and is propelled along an electromagnetic track; it set a world speed record of 581 kilometers per hour (361 mph). Central Japan Railway hopes to start building the estimated $50 billion maglev from Tokyo to Nagoya in the next few years, so that service can begin by 2025. In tests, the trains have reached top speeds of 500 kph (311 mph), and would cut the Tokyo-Nagoya trip, now 1 hour 45 minutes, to just 40 minutes
Northeastern U.S.
Amtrak's Acela Express connects the heavily populated Northeast between Boston and Washington, D.C. The route uses so-called tilting trains, made by Bombardier and Alstom, that can travel at speeds of up to 150 mph (240 kph) along curved tracks.
California Route
In January 2002, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration designated 10 areas as high-speed rail corridors. California's proposal calls for a high-speed rail running from Fresno to Los Angeles. A study conducted by the Federal Railroad Administration found that a San Francisco-to-San Diego line (with trains traveling at maximum speeds of 110 mph) could have as many passengers by 2020 as Amtrak's Northeast Corridor boasted in the early 1990s.
Pacific Northwest Route
This line would run from Vancouver, in Canada, pass through Seattle, and end in Eugene, Ore
Southwest Route
The proposal for this line would start in San Antonio and run through Austin and Dallas, where it would split into two routes, running to Tulsa and Little Rock.
Gulf Coast Route
This proposed line would go from Houston to New Orleans, where it would split to head toward Mobile, Ala., or Atlanta
Chicago Hub Network
This proposed line would have Chicago at the center of a web of routes running to Minneapolis and Kansas City to the west, Louisville and Cincinnati to the south, and Detroit and Cleveland to the east.
Florida Route
This line would run northeast from Tampa to Orlando, where it would veer south to Miami.
Southeast Route
This line would connect the Eastern Seaboard, running from Washington to Jacksonville, Fla.
New England Route
This line would l<x>ink Boston to Portland, Me., and Montreal, Canada.
作者：BWolfe_2001 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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