In the USA, "High speed rail? What's that?"
"Train 425 Dpt. Union Station (7:10) delayed 5 minutes."
"Train 425 Dpt. Union Station (7:10) delayed 20 minutes."
"Train 425 Dpt. Union Station (7:10) delayed 45 minutes."
"Train 425 Dpt. Union Station (7:10) delayed 90 minutes."
"Train 425 Dpt. Union Station (7:10) canceled due to equipment problems."
And, of course, the text message saying the 7:10 is delayed by 5 minutes comes in at 7:20.
Fixed that for you.
Assuming that some day I have a pressing need to travel from Bakersfield to Fresno, that is, because as I understand it there's still no commitment to construct the other parts. Train advocates assume that once the middle part is built the rest will inevitably follow, while train skeptics are looking forward to mocking the puny ridership numbers on the nowhere-to-nowhere line and saying "I told you so".