 Contrast that with news stories out of Japan in which train company management apologizes in newspapers because one of their trains left the station 20 or 25 seconds ahead of schedule. Really, 20 or 25 seconds. Go ahead, Google this, you'll see. We in America are trying to catch up in a small way with Florida's Bright Line that now links Miami and Orlando. A few years, Bright Line will link Vegas and Los Angeles with 200 mile per hour service.