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Some trains will run sf-sj-la without further stops. Those will be far faster than air if you are traveling between city centers.
by ebikelaw 9y ago
Some trains will run sf-sj-la without further stops. Those will be far faster than air if you are traveling between city centers.
- magila 9y agoNot really. The platform-to-platform time from LA to SF is going to be, at best, a little less than three hours. That's comparable to the time it takes to fly from LAX to SFO plus the ~30 minute BART ride to downtown SF. LA is so spread out that departing from LAX or Union Station doesn't make a big difference. Most people are going to have to fight traffic to get to either location.
- 7952 9y agoIt is only two tracks. How can they run express services at the same time as stopping services?
- dx034 9y agoHaving an extra track at the station and timing so that they pass while the other train stops. You don't have services every 5 minutes so that works quite well usually. Worst case the express train has to go a bit slower before but they tend not to go at maximum speed so can catch up again later.