Eye of the Hawk

Our world is getting smaller and smaller, and not only due the Internet. Other technological wonders are also playing a major role. One of these are the High-speed rails. Whilst latest development mostly happens in the area of magnetic levitation, the best know high speed trains are in the French TVG series.

Benefits are enormousness. Experiences from Europe show how metropolitan area becomes interconnected by high-speed rails. It might seem odd at first, but there is a perfectly logical explanation. By taking a closer look it’s becomes more simple than one should think.

To maintain a healthy daily life – and especially for families with children – most people need to stay at their home overnight. At least on a regular basis. What the high-speed rails provides, is a possibility to extent the working area while not compromising this need. Mom or dad can have a meeting with the key customer 500 kilometres away and still be able to leave home in the morning and be back in the evening. You might think “Hell this can be done by plane”. Well no, it cannot. And why not then?

With air plain traffic there is a significant overhead in transportation time to the, offend remote located airport together with time spend to get trough the airport, to the gate. On the other hand, train stations are offend more centrally located and and have a lower overhead in pass-through time.

This is of cause only valid for shorter distances, but the effect is clear. Former difficult or even impossible corporation between distant areas becomes an option – and this is how high-speed rail creates connection between distance metropolitan area. Germany is probably the best example.