• LwL@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It solves the problem of long travel times if you’re not flying. Not in this case of course, but in general. Even a straight line HSR line from e.g. Hamburg to Munich could never compete with a plane. Maglev could.

    There are plenty of caveats in the additional requirements for higher speed trains, but there is a reap problem to be solved.