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If you look closely, even express trains don't have a high average speed. The companies like to boast that they're fast but it's usually only for a couple miles of track.

Wow, that is really a pity.

We have trains here in most of western europe that do about 200mph, but most long-distance travel is at 150mph. So yours are really WTF-worthy, especially considering how dense the population on the east coast of the US or around the SF bay area is.

(Trains I’m referring to: ICE 3, TGV, Alvia, Railjet, etc.)

I can't even imagine how great it would be traveling from San Jose to San Francisco in ~10-15 minutes (no stops).