In Texas, there's talk of a high-speed link between Houston and Dallas.
In Florida, plans are advancing for a high-speed link between Orlando and Miami.
Early proponents of the high-speed link are starting to waver.
It is reasonable (and cheaper) to expand Gatwick and build a high-speed link to London's "third airport" at Stansted.
Initially, the service was depicted by its operators as a high-speed link between several British cities and continental Europe.
After passing through the airport, the high-speed link is to terminate at a reopened Curzon Street Station.
The Chunnel was built as a high-speed link for Europeans but has become an underground railroad for refugees desperate to make it to England.
But it will complete a high-speed link from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, allowing seamless service at 186 miles an hour.
The city of Barcelona wants to build the rail tunnel to provide a high-speed link between Madrid and Barcelona, and on to France.
A high-speed link from St Pancras to Heathrow, connecting the north, could replace up to 66,500 flights a year.
Once the high-speed link launches, the Alsatians might find themselves fighting for their favourite spot with weekenders from Paris or London.
