Especially if that service reached PAE, SEA, PDX airports. There's a ton of SEA->PDX flights. https://www.portseattle.org/sea-tac/flight-status?flight_date=202

Especially if that service reached PAE, SEA, PDX airports. There's a ton of SEA->PDX flights. https://www.portseattle.org/sea-tac/flight-status?flight_date=2023-08-04&arr_or_depart=D&airline=&arrive_city=PDX&flightNo=&datetime_start=&datetime_end= https://www.portseattle.org/sea-tac/flight-status?flight_dat... shows 23 unique aircraft flying SEA->PDX today and 32 unique aircraft flying PDX->SEA At ~$80/seat one-way and ~80 passengers/flight, that's >$100M/yr in revenue. Existing trains take 3.5 hr for the journey. Existing flights take 1 hr for the flight + time spent in security, so trains aren't that far off. Furthermore, there are ~30,000 cars traveling each way each day along I-5 between Seattle and Portland (https://www.chehalisbasinstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WSDOT-I-5-Chehalis-Flood-Report_Final.pdf https://www.chehalisbasinstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/201...) . Speedy train service really would make a difference.