Shinkansen

[Micheal Ellis]

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>Sacramento -> Los Angeles (373 air miles) is of course a joke at
>almost 15 hours (if you're lucky).  Chicago -> St. Louis (258 air miles)
>is 5:30 ...
>
>In a sense, it's even worse in most of the short-haul markets: Austin
>-> Dallas is 183 air miles, but takes 6 hours on Amtrak.  Grayhound
>will do it in 3:05.
>
>In the US, trains compete (poorly!) with busses.
>
>/jordan

not amtrak....bullet trains!

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/2589/nmt/700.jpg

A magnetic levitation test vehicle has also clocked the fastest manned run at 531 km/h.