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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Corporate666 on October 07, 2016, 01:13:36 am ---I think people would absolutely pay a pretty penny to get between major population centers quickly. --- End quote --- I think so too. People will pay for speed and convenience. --- Quote ---Sure, there are engineering challenges, but no way is it as much of a slam-dunk in the outrageous category as batterizer, solar roadways, the ultrasonic power thing or the other stuff Dave and Thunderfoot are comparing it to, IMO. --- End quote --- The commercial Hyperloop is never going to happen, guaranteed by the laws of practical real world engineering. I'll happily take a bet on it. |
| jonovid:
--- Quote ---People will pay for speed and convenience. --- End quote --- everybody's seeking to unlock Time travel so just how do you get the DeLorean to hover? :-+ |
| amspire:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on October 07, 2016, 02:33:32 am --- --- Quote from: Corporate666 on October 07, 2016, 01:13:36 am ---I think people would absolutely pay a pretty penny to get between major population centers quickly. --- End quote --- I think so too. People will pay for speed and convenience. --- End quote --- Had to laugh. The cost of a single ticket from Sydney to the City of Bathurst on our XPT train is $61 or $2.50 if you are entitled to a pensioner excursion ticket and it takes over 3 1/2 hours. The straight line distance is about 130km. The rail distance is about 200km. For some reason, it is much more popular with pensioners then everyone else. Most people drive as it is quicker, cheaper and more convenient. I think it is only one passenger train a day on the line that serves the whole of Central NSW. That is an indication of the state of our nationwide rail network. If you catch a suburban train from Sydney to Lithgow and catch a bus to Bathurst, it costs $8.80 but takes over 4 hours. If we could have something like a regular country train service that could go at an average of 100kph at a cheap cost, that would be great. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: amspire on October 07, 2016, 03:35:15 am ---Most people drive as it is quicker, cheaper and more convenient. --- End quote --- That was the point. Even if petrol was $5 a litre they'd still drive it if it's more convenient and faster. If there was a suitable high speed train that was both of those things then people would use it. |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: amspire on October 07, 2016, 03:35:15 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on October 07, 2016, 02:33:32 am --- --- Quote from: Corporate666 on October 07, 2016, 01:13:36 am ---I think people would absolutely pay a pretty penny to get between major population centers quickly. --- End quote --- I think so too. People will pay for speed and convenience. --- End quote --- Had to laugh. The cost of a single ticket from Sydney to the City of Bathurst on our XPT train is $61 or $2.50 if you are entitled to a pensioner excursion ticket and it takes over 3 1/2 hours. The straight line distance is about 130km. The rail distance is about 200km. For some reason, it is much more popular with pensioners then everyone else. Most people drive as it is quicker, cheaper and more convenient. I think it is only one passenger train a day on the line that serves the whole of Central NSW. That is an indication of the state of our nationwide rail network. If you catch a suburban train from Sydney to Lithgow and catch a bus to Bathurst, it costs $8.80 but takes over 4 hours. If we could have something like a regular country train service that could go at an average of 100kph at a cheap cost, that would be great. --- End quote --- "The Australind" over a similar distance,( Perth-Bunbury) takes 2Hrs 30 Mins.(an average of 66.8kmh). Rail & road distances are near as dammit the same at 167 km for the train,& 170 by road. PS:- "The Prospector" travels the 653 km to Kalgoorlie in 6Hrs 45Mins (Average of 96.74 kmh) |
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