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I would like to see planned cost of tickets. Last time I looked cost of taking rail as very close to flying. EDIT: here's an example: Amtrak NY to Florida: $
by antattack 5y ago
I would like to see planned cost of tickets. Last time I looked cost of taking rail as very close to flying.
EDIT: here's an example:
Amtrak NY to Florida: $123 to 200 (21h)
Flight NY to Florida: $69 to 97 (3.5h)
Amtrak Iowa to California: $300 (52h)
Flight Iowa to California: $200 - 300 (6h)
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI assume you are talking about having your own cabin/sleeper?
- ghaff 5y agoWith long distance train, sleepers are usually much more than flying. (This is true in Europe as well for the most part.) And even regular seats may be significantly more expensive. A few years back I casually looked into taking an overnight train to Chicago from the East Coast and it was going to be something like 4x the cost of flying.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago$123 definitely does not cover a sleeper.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoYeah, that was kind of my point. Trains are expensive when sleeper cars are involved (although you the journey is the reward when traveling by train). Of course a bullet-train in Japan from Tokyo to Kyoto is two hours — not requiring a sleepover on the train. Japan, to be sure, is a small country compared to the U.S. But with a similar train system, San Francisco to Denver would be an 8 hour train ride.
- 0xffff2 5y agoNo way. I'm looking at taking a train from Southern Oregon to Southern California in a couple of months (mostly because I can and I just don't feel like flying or driving). The price for a sleeper one way is $350. The return trip is $450.