What is the Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR)?
It is a proposed 110 mph passenger rail corridor stretching from Macon and Atlanta, GA, Greenville and Spartanburg, SC, through Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, NC to Richmond, VA and Washington, DC, as well as from Jacksonville, FL, Savannah, GA, Columbia, SC to Raleigh, NC and points north. (SEHSR trains will use the high speed Amtrak Northeast Corridor trackage beyond Washington, DC to continue on to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and other Northeast points.) • Why is SEHSR needed? The highways of the region and the airports along the Eastern seaboard simply cannot handle the present traffic, let alone accommodate future travel needs. An affordable, modern, timely alternative to driving crowded interstates or flying short distances (usually at stunningly high fares) is required. • How much will it cost to build the SEHSR? To reconstruct the existing rail lines between Charlotte, Raleigh, Richmond, and Washington, DC for SEHSR travel times is estimated to cost $1.2 billion, or a
