Comment Re:Nice (Score 1) 491
Its downright uncomfortable/impossible to stand without holding onto something, hence the hand straps to grab. A super fast train is probably much worse. I find it highly unlikely it would take more than 60 secs to go 0-300 or 300-0. That's actually pretty slow acceleration, compared to a car.
I'm thinking one / one / one, total three mins, times 20 is 60 mins station time, leaving two hours, cruise around 300 MPH, it does all work out. Of course there is always marketing BS, such as not counting station time...
You may be confusing passenger trains with freight trains. A couple million pounds of coal does indeed take awhile to accelerate and decelerate.
And you may be confusing subway/metro/commuter trains systems with long distance passenger trains. The ride quality and acceleration of a long distance train is usually much smoother. In my experience Eurostar, Shinkansen, TGV type trains often accelerate so smoothly that you can barely feel the train moving at all if you aren't looking out the window!
