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I know people who regularly go between NYC and Philadelphia. The distance is about 100 miles, covered in 70-90 minutes (depending on the train). During peak hou

I know people who regularly go between NYC and Philadelphia. The distance is about 100 miles, covered in 70-90 minutes (depending on the train). During peak hours trains run every 15 or 30 minutes and even the night-time gap isn't terribly long (stops running at midnight, starts again at 3am). I'm not sure if the Bay Area has comparable density to the DC-Philly-NY-Boston corridor, so maybe achieving the same level of train service isn't possible.

dragonwriter 13y ago
> During peak hours trains run every 15 or 30 minutes and even the night-time gap isn't terribly long (stops running at midnight, starts again at 3am). BARTs night time gap at the terminus of most lines is, I think, roughly midnight to 4am, so its not all that different. > I'm not sure if the Bay Area has comparable density to the DC-Philly-NY-Boston corridor Not even close. The East Coast corridor you name is the most densely populated region of its size in the US, by a wide margin.