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The problem everyone had with the overnight LA-SF bus was that the drive wasn't long enough for a proper night's sleep, if you could sleep at all bounced around
by bragr 4y ago
The problem everyone had with the overnight LA-SF bus was that the drive wasn't long enough for a proper night's sleep, if you could sleep at all bounced around in your bunk. Granted a train allows for better accommodation, but doesn't solve the underlying problem.
- quantified 4y agoIt could go slow...
- the_mar 4y agoIdk about you but I would usually need to shower and brush my teeth before business meetings. I doubt the trains would include functional showers
- jhpaul 4y agoAmtrak sleepers have showers in the bedrooms and the roomettes share 2 per car.
- jrmg 4y agoRegular Amtrak cars with sleeping cabins have functional showers right now.
- the_mar 4y agoI know they exist, the one's I've seen are used to store towels and other things. By functional I mean really the kind you can shower in, with no pain. Has anyone actually tried them? how is the water pressure?
- jrmg 4y agoPain? Like from them being too small or causing you to fall over or something? I’ve used them, they’re fine. IIRC quite large. I don’t remember them being amazing, so the water pressure was probably just at the ‘acceptable’ level. They have the usual drawbacks of shared showers - water and dirt creeping into the dry areas because people aren’t careful - so if I were designing a new luxury sleeping train car I’d try to get one per cabin, or maybe one per pair of cabins.
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- crazygringo 4y agoFrom the article: > Its night trains would travel in each direction, departing around 10 p.m. and arriving the next day around 8 a.m., Vollebregt said. Definitely enough for a proper night's sleep. Don't know if they intentionally go slow or make stops or take a circuitous route or what. But I definitely agree about it needing to be slightly longer than a full night's sleep.
- fomine3 4y agoGo slow makes sense for save fuel
- zamnos 4y agoGiven that a train is in fixed rails, a far more strict route than a bus on tires on the freeway, dodging cars and lane-splitting motorcyclists (which is legal in California), it seems like there'd be far less bouncing around on a train.
- CardenB 4y agoDon’t we have a problem with trains derailing all the time in the US?
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoNo.
- CraigRo 4y agoThere was a system called cloud cabin that moved the bed up and down to cancel bumps. It wasn't perfect, but I got a reasonable nights rest on it