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benzofuran
on Nov 21, 2012
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Elon Musk and the Hyperloop
All great points, but I will point out that the major cost item on high speed (or any rail for that matter) is the rail itself. The cars and locomotive are relatively cheap, but you're looking at figures of $1M+ USD per mile of track.
chokma
on Nov 21, 2012
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In Europe, it's about 12-30 million € / km for high speed tracks (according to Wikipedia).
Symmetry
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And US construction costs tend to be at least twice what they are in Europe.
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