This article**[Global Times New**].
In September 2023, the high-speed rail line between Miami and Orlando in the United States will officially open for operation. However, the American people found that this high-speed rail line is not only expensive and slow, but what is even more unacceptable to everyone is that the number of accidental deaths caused by the line is also ridiculously high, so that it is called "the deadliest railway in the United States" by the American media.
According to NBC's local channel 30**, the high-speed rail line killed four people in January alone.
According to the report, at around 10 p.m. on January 29, a man walking on the railroad was hit while the train was moving, causing the man to die on the spot. And on January 10 and 12, there were two train collisions on the line, resulting in three deaths.
Due to the frequent accidents on this high-speed rail line, the local ** Miami New Times published a report on December 23 last year, listing all the accidents of the line from the beginning of trial operation in 2017 to the end of 2023, according to statistics, these accidents caused a total of 98 deaths. And at the time of writing, 102 people have been killed on the line.
The Associated Press said in a report that the high-speed rail line is "the deadliest railroad in the nation" in terms of the average number of deaths per mile.
According to the data, this high-speed rail line is operated by the American company Brightline, and currently has 7 stations, with a total length of about 378 kilometers and a total project budget of 5 billion US dollars (about 36.5 billion yuan).
However, the speed of the high-speed train is only 200 kilometers per hour, and the total time of each way is only 30 minutes less than driving. In addition, the one-way ticket price of the second-class seat of the line is $79 and $99, and the one-way ticket price of the first-class seat is even as high as $149 and $189, which is considered by many Americans to be too expensive and cost-effective.