According to a quick look, a flight between LA and SF takes approximately 1.5 hours. So, a train would be 3 hours? I'd wager a lot of people would take that. O

According to a quick look, a flight between LA and SF takes approximately 1.5 hours. So, a train would be 3 hours? I'd wager a lot of people would take that. Once you factor in arriving at the airport an hour before your flight, along with the time taken to get to/from both airports to the actual centre of the city as opposed to where the airports actually are, 1.5 hours actually starts to sound like an improvement.