This is what high-speed rail really looks like...

Why is this hard for people to understand?

"...passengers would be able to travel from London to Frankfurt in five hours, Deutsche Bahn said. That compares to an almost two-hour flight — not counting time getting to and from the airports and going through security and check-in. A trip from London to Amsterdam, which takes just over one hour by plane, would be a four-hour train ride." {emphasis mine}


Now compare that to the proposed "high-speed" rail for Ohio, which will go a whopping 79 miles per hour, or roughly 121 mph slower than the trains discussed in the New York Times article.