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It's commuter rail, not an alternative for tourists. I agree that the Millbrae station is terrible! That's due to BART - most of the other stations up and dow

It's commuter rail, not an alternative for tourists. I agree that the Millbrae station is terrible! That's due to BART - most of the other stations up and down that line are in the downtowns of Burlingame, San Mateo, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain View, etc. All of those towns predate the automobile, and are certainly rail-friendly. Coincidentally, all of those rail-friendly suburbs I mentioned are the NIMBY anti-density insane-housing-price places lamented elsewhere in the thread!

Symbiote 8y ago
Are you suggesting no one goes to work at the weekend, or that no one who goes during the week goes to the city at the weekend? Outside the USA, public transport may run a little less often on a Saturday or Sunday, but it's still useful for people to use for shopping, going out and so on. For example, in Copenhagen the trains run every 10 minutes rather than five, and the rural trains are every 60 minutes on a Sunday, rather than 20. I think the metro is the same at the weekend as during the week.
- samcheng 8y ago
  Certainly not suggesting that - in fact, I ride this particular rail on the weekend every few months. It's never crowded on the weekend, except before and after baseball games. It runs roughly every hour (with a few additional express trains) on the weekend, very similar to the rural trains you describe in Denmark. My point is that you can't just show up at a commuter rail station and complain that you have to wait a while at a bare-bones platform. It's built for people who take it at the same time every day, commonly driving to the station.
  - Symbiote 8y ago
    The CalTrain seems to run about once an hour at the weekend, but there are gaps — there's no train at 13:XX, 16:XX, 19:XX or 22:XX. It's just 30km from San Francisco, and Milbrae has a population of about 21,000. The "Lokaltoger" on Zealand run every half hour on Saturdays, and every hour on Sundays, with the stations at 40-70km from Copenhagen. The settlements are mostly around 1-2 thousand people, although here we can include children and the elderly as potential users as it's not expected to drive to the stations. If I use public transport every day during the week, then when going to similar places at the weekend I will certainly complain if the trains are infrequent. http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html http://www.lokaltog.dk/media/1179/920r-frederiksvaerkbanen.pdf http://www.lokaltog.dk/media/1179/920r-frederiksvaerkbanen.p...

Symbiote 8y ago

Are you suggesting no one goes to work at the weekend, or that no one who goes during the week goes to the city at the weekend? Outside the USA, public transport may run a little less often on a Saturday or Sunday, but it's still useful for people to use for shopping, going out and so on. For example, in Copenhagen the trains run every 10 minutes rather than five, and the rural trains are every 60 minutes on a Sunday, rather than 20. I think the metro is the same at the weekend as during the week.

samcheng 8y ago
Certainly not suggesting that - in fact, I ride this particular rail on the weekend every few months. It's never crowded on the weekend, except before and after baseball games. It runs roughly every hour (with a few additional express trains) on the weekend, very similar to the rural trains you describe in Denmark. My point is that you can't just show up at a commuter rail station and complain that you have to wait a while at a bare-bones platform. It's built for people who take it at the same time every day, commonly driving to the station.
- Symbiote 8y ago
  The CalTrain seems to run about once an hour at the weekend, but there are gaps — there's no train at 13:XX, 16:XX, 19:XX or 22:XX. It's just 30km from San Francisco, and Milbrae has a population of about 21,000. The "Lokaltoger" on Zealand run every half hour on Saturdays, and every hour on Sundays, with the stations at 40-70km from Copenhagen. The settlements are mostly around 1-2 thousand people, although here we can include children and the elderly as potential users as it's not expected to drive to the stations. If I use public transport every day during the week, then when going to similar places at the weekend I will certainly complain if the trains are infrequent. http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html http://www.lokaltog.dk/media/1179/920r-frederiksvaerkbanen.pdf http://www.lokaltog.dk/media/1179/920r-frederiksvaerkbanen.p...