Major Denis Bloodnok@goatsarah @grayface_ghost 160kph would be vastly cheaper, so that would be a very good reason why it made sense, assuming nobody cares about journey times.
(Bit of a false dichotomy here, too, between 160kph and faster than Chinese HSR in a country that China could lose down the back of the sofa.)
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