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Compare to Trirail which now covers largely the same region, opened in 1995 with around twice as many riders (2.5 million). Last stats on the wiki are 4.5 milli
by cool_dude85 3y ago
Compare to Trirail which now covers largely the same region, opened in 1995 with around twice as many riders (2.5 million). Last stats on the wiki are 4.5 million in 2019.
- bombcar 3y agoTri-Rail seems comparable to Metrolink or the Coaster - that's commuter rail and often has lower costs and higher ridership, because the average ride is shorter. The San Diego trolley has 63 miles of track and 34 million riders in 2022; but that's an entirely different type of rail that serves a different purpose. Even if it eventually reached all the way to Los Angeles there would still be uses for commuter and intercity rail. Many places in Europe have the various types of rail all sharing the same "lines" or stations, but the ICE is a completely different beast than the Regionalbahn or Regional-Express.