General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I still cannot see why over a distance of 90 or so miles, you would have to begin to slow before reaching operational speed.

It would be an extremely poor rate of acceleration if after accelerating for 45 miles you had still not attained operational speed, and had then to be just as dysfunctional in deceleration.

Why comparison with France and Japan when there is so much more mundane high speed rail in many counties now? The infrastructure needs to serve us for many years into the future. In say fifty years time, we may well want to operate faster trains on the line than those used when the line first comes into service.

I do fear we are witnessing a dysfunctional state, on its way to becoming a backward country.