Fredericksburg, Virginia editorial: Rail project is about capacity, not speed

By The Editorial Board, The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star; November 25, 2017

THE NAME of the Washington to Richmond Southeast High Speed Rail (DC2RVA) project, which would add new railroad tracks between Richmond and Washington at an estimated cost of $5 billion, is a misnomer.

High-speed it is not. The maximum train speeds between D.C. and Fredericksburg would nominally increase from 69 mph to 79 mph, and up to 90 mph between Fredericksburg and Richmond.

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