This is a closer look at what might be required in order to run a high speed passenger train between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States of America. We'll go into detail about routing, station location, development, challenges, and necessary structures.

A little different on this one because an official route analysis, Tier 1 EIS, and federal Record of Decision all exist for this city pair. However, I am not the biggest fan of the route chosen in the official analysis and want to compare MY choice to that one. Here I introduce the viewer to the route of my liking between Atlanta and Charlotte. In a following video I'll look at the preferred alternative in a similar way and will compare the two.

You may notice the video poses a question about the choice between airporttoairport and downtowntodowntown options. Let me know what your opinion is about the choice in the comments.

I will be doing more of these types of videos. If you have a suggestion for a city pair of 1 million+ each with no large metros between, please let me know and I will consider it and might make a video about it.

Links to the AtlantaCharlotte reports:

FEIS/RoD https://www.dot.ga.gov/InvestSmart/Ra...

Preliminary Routes Report
https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/at...

Stock footage was from Pexel.com and Pixabay.com, both excellent sources for free video footage.

0:00 Introduction
0:19 Atlanta Overview
0:59 Charlotte Overview
1:47 Existing Studies
2:57 HSR Guiding Principles
3:11 Issues with the Preferred Alternative
4:11 Positives of a Different Route
5:12 Charlotte Douglas to Rock Hill,SC
6:50 Rock Hill,SC to Columbia,SC
8:54 Columbia,SC to Augusta,GA
10:20 Augusta,GA to Stonecrest,GA
12:31 Stonecrest,GA to HartsfieldJackson
15:10 Travel Times
16:13 Airport to Airport Cost
17:07 Yay or Nay
17:16 Downtown to Downtown Routing
20:12 Downtown to Downtown Cost and Travel Time
20:51 Up Next
21:49 See You On That Big, Beautiful Freeway!

Topics:

Washington D.C.
Philadelphia
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
CATS
Fort Jackson
Fort Gordon
SEHSR
Southeast Corridor
University of South Carolina
South Carolina state capitol
The Mall at Stonecrest
HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport
Charlotte LYNX