Driving is about the freedom of either having a car when you get there, or about making it a road trip taking detours on your way there. None are available wit

Driving is about the freedom of either having a car when you get there, or about making it a road trip taking detours on your way there. None are available with the train unless you can take your car with you. At that point, the competition is over between them unless the train is much cheaper, which is not the case in the US, not to mention a 4h car trip takes 8 with Amtrak. So the train has nothing going for it against a car at least in my area. If you don’t need a car then no one will choose to sit for 8hs for more money when you can get on a plane for 1.5h plus 30m of security and be there.