> Train 2173, Acela Express, 4'36", $213 Dude, it is still crap expensive. In my country you pay $210 for a 2000km plane ticket return (4000km total). That is

> Train 2173, Acela Express, 4'36", $213 Dude, it is still crap expensive. In my country you pay $210 for a 2000km plane ticket return (4000km total). That is just crazy. In China trains are dirt cheap, on-time, clean and fast (at least the ones I took). Why does that train of yours have to be that expensive?