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Not the best option for those, then. Amtrak seems to be in "excursion mode" where they would promote routes that are way too long but scenic, instead of aiming
by thriftwy 3y ago
Not the best option for those, then. Amtrak seems to be in "excursion mode" where they would promote routes that are way too long but scenic, instead of aiming to join many mid-population proximate cities and make sure passengers regularly get there on schedule.
Long routes have their uses, but the bread and butter of any popular system should be the trains which leave in the evening and arrive the next morning. You do not lose a day and you do not have to pay for a hotel.
- bobthepanda 3y agoThe problem is that Amtrak has two conflicting dual mandates: * make a “profit” * run essential 3km+ long distance services. These often serve rural areas without parallel Interstate routes And has never been given the appropriate amount of money to do both at the same time.
- thriftwy 3y agoHaving these routes are no problem if you add five times as much pragmatic routes. On almost every city map in the US you can see a railway crossing it, usually in the downtown behind a large mall that should also double as a rail station if you ask me.