High Speed Rail In Texas and Oklahoma? | South Central HSR Corridor At Hypotheti

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Interesting.

What about Tulsa-Kansas City, Tulsa - St Louis, Maybe even Tulsa - Little Rock.  Tulsa - Denver....

Lots of infrastructure and cost analysis but for relatively short hops, well worth considering.

Don't know if security would be as severe as at airports.  Can't hijack a train to go to Havana.


As a private pilot... anyplace within one tank of gas and not too terrible weather, it's quicker to fly private than the airlines.  And, depending on the number of people in the plane, perhaps more cost effective.  Of course, if you absolutely have to be there on time, the airlines are still the best option.

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Interesting.
What about Tulsa-Kansas City, Tulsa - St Louis,

Tulsa has been promised passenger rail... if we spend money on OKC first.
...but a passenger route between OKC and Tulsa is long overdue.
Of course, there was a planned Amtrak expansion to Tulsa-STL and Chicago but that probably died with DoGE.

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Tulsa has been promised passenger rail... if we spend money on OKC first.
...but a passenger route between OKC and Tulsa is long overdue.
Of course, there was a planned Amtrak expansion to Tulsa-STL and Chicago but that probably died with DoGE.

Amtrak is a lot closer to being shut down than to adding routes under Trump.

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Just some observations. Where they are building the California High Speed Rail that will open first is between Bakersfield and Merced is 171 miles with the longest stretch between Bakersfield and Tulare at 60 miles, then Tulare to Fresno at 45 miles, Fresno to Madera at 25 miles, and Madera to Merced at 35 miles. The initial segment will basically parallel an Amtrack line along the same route.

The segment between Bakersfield and Fresno currently takes about 1.75 hours to drive by car, and 2.50 hours by Amtrak and if IIRC with a stop in Tulare the HSR is supposed to be around 1.50 hours. It takes the HSR 5 to 8 miles to accelerate once it gets out of a city area and about the same distance to decelerate and slow down through an urban area. The stretch between Fresno and Merced it's doubtful that the train would achieve 90 miles an hour because of the short distances.

There will be at least nine or ten stops if it ever gets built from LA to San Francisco and there is so much urban area going to SF it will never reach top speed.

HSR along Dallas/OKC/Tulsa and KC or STL would be nice, but you know that several towns along the route are going to want stations. I can already see Denton/Ardmore/Purcell/Norman/Chandler/Stroud/Bristow/Sapulpa/Claremore/Vinitia/Miami/Joplin/Springfield/Lebanon/Rolla all wanting stops along that route.



Brightline from Rancho Cucamonga to Las Vegas will actually achieve high speed since there are only two stops, Hespiria and Victor Valley. You will have to drive or take the Metroliner that runs from downtown to Cucamonga.

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Tulsa has been promised passenger rail... if we spend money on OKC first.
...but a passenger route between OKC and Tulsa is long overdue.
Of course, there was a planned Amtrak expansion to Tulsa-STL and Chicago but that probably died with DoGE.

I think a passenger route (not even high speed) between OKC and Tulsa died long before DoGE. Just another way to suck $$$ out of the Tulsa area to benefit OKC.

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It takes the HSR 5 to 8 miles to accelerate once it gets out of a city area and about the same distance to decelerate and slow down through an urban area. The stretch between Fresno and Merced it's doubtful that the train would achieve 90 miles an hour because of the short distances.mt=webp-alpha&wid=576[/img]

5 to 8 miles seems a bit excessive for the speed, excluding the time for the stops.  Unless one wants to stand up with a drink without holding on to something.