Talk:New York high-speed rail
The proposed travel time on this page makes no sense... Albany-NYC under two, Buffalo-NYC under 3. The Buffalo-Albany segment is much longer than the Albany-NYC segment. -newkai | talk | contribs 13:35, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well, NYC to Alb is roughly 150 mi. Alb to Buff is ~300 mi. I think the main difference is in the topography - the NYC to Alb route goes through mountains and is very curvy. The Buffalo route, on the other hand, goes through mostly flatter lands (esp once you get past Syracuse), which would in turn result in much higher speeds. If the NYC->A route took 1.5 hours, and the rest of the trip the same amount of time (therefore still within the design constraints), your average speed for the second segment is still only 150 mph - not really impossible on a straight, flat track. lensovet 21:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- There are more constraints on speed in the Hudson Valley north of NYC; more curves, more built-up areas where grade separation may be tricky/impossible/outrageously expensive, etc. There's also a huge impediment to high speeds between Albany and Buffalo, namely CSX and its mainline freight traffic, but that is not, strictly speaking, a technical obstacle. --CComMack 12:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
- Assuming BUF-ALB is 300 miles (483km), that would mean the trains would have to go over 300 miles per hour... Faster than the Shanghai Maglev!!! Trains have to stop, accelerate, etc. This would be about three times faster than Acela. This is ridiculous, and has to be an error. The fastest rail-bound trains in the world currently travel in the 185-200 mph range, top speed. -newkai t-c 00:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Scranton to Potsdam Rail?
There was once upon a time talks for establishing rail service from Scranton to Syracuse serving Binghamton, but I have never seen anywhere that suggests talks to extend that service northward through Watertown to Potsdam. In fact, when I searched "Scranton to Potsdam" or "Potsdam, NY Passenger Rail" on Google it only brought me to Wikipedia links or websites that quote from Wikipedia.
As much as I would love for there to be passenger rail service to Potsdam (I am a student at SUNY Potsdam and rail service would benefit the area greatly, though would probably unfortunately be sparsely used initially), I don't think it should be written about on Wikipedia if there isn't evidence of talks of this service.
Can someone try to find a source for rail service north of Syracuse? If not, I think it should be removed from the article. Also, sources for talks of rail service to Scranton and Binghamton should be cited. --Jondude11 18:46, 4 December 2006 (UTC)