So Microsoft own Fallout, the people who originally made Fallout, the current makers of Fallout and the people responsible for the best Fallout...

Yes it will and on day one no less. https://orbxdirect.com/product/landmarks-london

It would be pretty cool if the new electric XJ also came as a 2 door.

That Batman doesn’t drive one:

I’m guessing they’re doing this just because they can. BACs, Caterhams and other British lightweight shed specials also seem to have a massive mark up.

Wait, what? How? They’re only £30K over here, the licence can't be that costly can it?

The Chūō Maglev has to avoid corners like the plague and in a mountainous country like Japan that means tunnels.

For starters that hyperloop pod was unmanned and so a completely worthless test. Linear induction pods are nothing new and have been doing those speeds for over half a century. See the latter half of this video:

Indeed. 

The stations would have airlocks like the vacuum trains from 150 years ago did. 

The Shinkansens aren’t maglevs.

I’ve had it explained to me a hundred times but I can’t get over how odd the single axle articulation of Talgo trainsets looks. 

Ah, I think we're arguing from two different perspectives, namely who owns the land that we’re talking about?

If you are talking about battery hybrids than yeah they offer options on short branch lines but on longer distances they’re not really an option. Trains have maximum weight allowances and are heavy enough as it is, thus the amount of batteries and therefore range is limited.

High speed rail can operate without feeder lines, see Spain for example and plenty of countries have heavily used rail systems while lacking proper 155 mph+ high speed rail lines, see the UK.

Full disclosure: I’m British, live in London, am a railway enthusiast and believe that proper overhead electrification should be the way the forward and the various forms of alternative motive power are a waste of time.

How short is the question indeed. Take the 60 mile Tyne Valley line. That would be ideal for battery operation but what about the Midlands mainline? While the 100 miles of unelectrified track at the northern end would suggest it could allow for battery trains to run but would the timetabling allow for longer dwell…

Yeah on shorter distances. OP asked about longer distances where the amount of charging infrastructure needed has ended up being cost comparable to standard electrification. Where batteries are appropriate is like what we’re seeing in Ireland where they will have effectively substituted Bi-mode trains. Unfortunately…

Renewables are being implemented lineside on some lines around the world but high speed lines are not really the best option. Their directness often means cutting through the landscape or urban areas which means bridges, cutting and tunnels which aren’t really ideal landscapes for panels or turbines.

That seems like a lot of infrastructure spending to solve a very specific and rare problem in this day and age and more importantly doesn’t get diesel off the rail network.