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Lawmakers announce high-speed rail to link Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, BC (www.kptv.com)
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Representatives Rick Larsen (D, WA-02), Derek Kilmer (D, WA-06), Marilyn Strickland (D, WA-10), Adam Smith (D, WA-09), Suzan DelBene (D, WA-01), and Pramila Jayapal (D, WA-07) released a joint statement to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded $49.7 million for planning work for the proposed Cascadia High-Speed Rail project, which would link the Pacific Northwest’s major population centers, including Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, and Portland, with regular train service running at up to 250 mph.

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[–] NateNate60 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Speaking from the other end of this line, a ticket on the Cascades to Seattle costs just $27 for a 3½-hour journey. A high-speed train travelling at an average speed of 350 km/h could traverse the 280 km between King Street Station and Union Station in just 48 minutes. This is affordable and fast enough that I could even imagine people living in one city commuting to work in the other. It would really benefit the tech sector in both cities.

[–] davidgro 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

280 km between King Street Station and Union Station

I don't understand. Those stations are literally across the street (4th Ave S) from each other, ~~although as far as I know not actually connected to the same rails at any point since Union Station is light rail and King St. is not.~~

Edit: I was really tired last night I guess, and confused it with International District Station.

Apparently Seattle's Union Station isn't physically connected to rail at all now, but is the HQ of Sound Transit