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Over a three hour and 40 minute ride, the trip has been reduced by ten minutes. >> when you think about the fact that you have more options for more round trips, that you know the trip will come and go reliably and on time, that is what our passengers tell us is the most important thing. >> all aboard! >> reporter: in fact, ten minutes isn't a lot of time and despite promises of high speed rail from washington, d.c., it was never washington state's intention of bringing high-speed rail like the bullet trains of japan and europe to this section of the country. the top speed here is now 79 miles...

>> yes, we received in our state $800 million. >> reporter: paula hammond was the state's transportation secretary until recently retiring. washington state got $800 million from the federal government. that's your tax money, mainly for improving the track between seattle and portland. and what did you get for it? over a three hour and 40 minute ride. the trip has been reduced by ten minutes. >> ten minutes doesn't sound like a lot of time, but when you think about the fact that you have more options for more round trips, that you know that the train will come and go reliably and on time, that...

Slow. four years and $12 billion after that pledge to bring high-speed rail across america, the show drains are just moving a little faster. and one of the greater examples of that is what happened in washington state. >> yes, we received in our state $800 million. >> paula hammond was the state's transportation secretary until recently retiring. washington state got $800 million from the federal government. that's your tax money, mainly for improving the track between seattle and portland. and what did you get for it? over a three-hour and 40-minute ride, the trip has been reduced by ten minu...

Washington state got $800 million from the federal government. that's your tax money, mainly for improving the track between seattle and portland. and what did you get for it? over a three hour and 40 minute ride. the trip has been reduced by ten minutes. >> ten minutes doesn't sound like a lot of time, but when you think about the fact that you have more options for more round trips, that you know that the train will come and go reliably and on time, that to us is what our passengers tell us is the most important thing. >> all aboard! >> reporter: in fact, ten minutes isn't a lot of time. and...

The state's transportation secretary until recently retiring. washington state got $800 million from the federal government. that's your tax money, mainly for improving the track between seattle and portland. and what did you get for it? over a three hour and 40 minute ride. the trip has been reduced by ten minutes. >> ten minutes doesn't sound like a lot of time, but when you think about the fact that you have more options for more round trips, that you know that the train will come and go reliably and on time, that to us is what our passengers tell us is the most important thing. >> all aboa...