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”LOS ANGELES-BOSTON: 20h on High Speed”

e) Estimation of the number of passengers/year (Demand)

The total demand initially envisaged in the LA-BO route, once put into service within 15 years,
according to the attached list, is 128.70 Mp / y (passenger / year), and 143 Mp/y when the
connections with the Poles of Seattle (in Salt Lake City), Dallas (in Kansas City), Atlanta (in
Saint Louis) and Miami (in Washington DC) were put into service.

Section Population Passenger/y(1) Operation
Travel time
(HSL) (Mhab) (Mp/y) term (years)

LA-SF 8,111 22,25 2h 28’ 8

SF-Sac 4,385 20,43 0h 36’ 8
Sac-Ren 0,700 3,31 0h 34’ 7

Ren-SLC 1,500 *2,87 2h 10’ 15
SLC-Denv 2,500 **3,92 1h 57’ 15

Denv-Ks.C 2,500 ***1,62 2h 56’ 9
Ks.C-SL 3,750 2,23 1h 19’ 6

SL-Chic/G 7,330 8,02 1h 22’ 10
Chic/G-Cin-Col 6,160 12,26 1h 43’ 10

Col-Pittsb 3,100 10,76 0h 48’ 15
Pittsb-Wash 5,400 9,94 1h 19’ 15
Wash-NY 12,777 7,78 1h 24’ 10

NY-Boston 14,401 23,31 1h 14’ 10

LA-BO 72,614 8,83 19h 50’ 15

(1): z=(20,000-0,039682L) (0,34854 P)
*: Lv=(200/315)L

**: Lv=(200/338)L
***: Lv=(200/350)L

Average daily occupation: 8.83 * 106/2/365 = 12096 p / d ->≈20 daily compositions of 600 pas-
sengers, distributed in seated places, berths and beds, as specified in the attached tables by
routes and directions: HST LABO And HST BOLA

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