High Speed Trains in Europe

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Uploaded by on May 5, 2009

The CEO of Rail Europe, Frederic Langlois, discusses high speed trains in Europe and the idea of bringing more of them to the US.

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  • Hhhmm there is soo many people in this country that needs to be educated before we try to explain to them the importance of HSR. I've heard phrases such as " The US is not Europe" my God can we be more retarded?

  • Before the high speed in France, no one used the trains but now almost everyone uses them so the argument that americans dont wanna use them is just bullcrap. It's all a matter of availability. Plus, extra capacity is needed in the US. In Europe u got a high use of bicycles, trams, busses, trains, cars, planes, just everything and because there are several ways to go to your destination makes sure there is less pressure on 1 of those.

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  • @Tanjaaraus Same.

  • @TheSirPrise hehe, just a question. watching fox for news or entertainment? i definetivly go for the last one :D

  • @Tanjaaraus Strange, as soon as I heard that on the vid I scrolled down to the comments to see if anyone else thought the same thing and low and behold lol.

  • maybe the lady would be convinced, if you tell her, that she can purchase alcohol on the board restaurant?

  • whatever a liter is...sooo stupid.

  • wow she's obnoxious

  • @rodman1993 Thank you! One person noticed that the Tokaido Shinkansen opened 17 years before the LGV Sud-Est! Many millions more left to inform . . .

  • lol.. "you did your homework, congratulations" am I the only one who got the major undertone of "you don't do that very often..."

    But Yay for trains, I will say the ones where I live never runs on time, and is often replaced by busses.. but what can I expect from old tracks that go over mountains that is covered in high snow instead of under/around (wich ain't really an option). still need them though

  • If you don't like NJ trainsit dont ride sit in your car for 6 hours each way while your stuck in traffic!

  • I don't know if anyone mentioned it yet, but modern high speed rail started in 1964, with the 0 Series Shinkansen in Japan...I know Langlois said since 1981, but that's since 1981. It just sounded like the reporter was mislead at 3:42.

    Either way, I think it's a shame that we have to rely on other countries to do this...that's why I'm studying civil engineering, so that we can start our own high speed rail network...admit it, we're slacking...

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