![]() running between boston and washington, d.c., it's capable of going 150 miles an hour but averages just 80 miles an hour because it goes through densely populated areas on sections of track shared with commuter trains. > reporter: the fastest train now in service in america is the acela. this is going to be, what, a $68 billion project? > if we don't build high speed rail in california, to meet the needs of the 50 million people that we're going to have in the next 20 or 30 years, we have to build more freeways, more airports, and do more things that are going to cost a lot more than the high speed rail system is going to cost. ![]() > reporter: dan richard is chairman of the state agency building the railway, with construction due to begin this september. ![]() 50 years of operation with their high-speed train. the japanese have shown that we can do that. possible to travel at more than 200 miles safely on a train? > sure it is. Less than three hours at speeds up to 220 miles an hour.
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