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Yeah, there are various regions but I don't consider it long distance until it has a sleeper (which I don't believe Acela has). Pacific Surfliner is also very
by bombcar 1y ago
Yeah, there are various regions but I don't consider it long distance until it has a sleeper (which I don't believe Acela has).
Pacific Surfliner is also very popular and close to profitable.
To be fair, Amtrak could make some or more of its routes profitable depending on how it allocates expenses - after all, they get hired to run some of the commuter rails, too.
- ghaff 1y agoNo, Acela doesn't really make sense for Boston to DC travelers in general although I've done it when time wasn't really critical. Yeah Pacific SW combinations can work--again if time isn't of the essence. Have also done other relatively short routes like Raleigh to Charlotte.
- bombcar 1y agoLA → San Diego is competitive or even beats car trips (during rush hour). It’s always my great sadness that they didn't make that the first high-speed rail segment, heck a few billion dollars on double track and other improvements would have cut an hour off that time. I don’t even know if LA union Station is straight though yet.