dave1949
Super Star Member
When I looked into train travel recently it was just as expensive as air travel, but took way longer.
Why would anyone want to pay the same amount of money as a 2 hour flight for a 2 day train trip?
A plane will always beat a train on long trips - especially over water
Rail service done correctly can be just as fast, door-to-door, as air travel on short to medium trips. A train can travel into the center of a metropolitan area. Trains are much less delayed by weather. Train stations are smaller and quieter than airports and can be placed where an airport is impossible, even underground.
You can breathe cleaner air and watch the scenery too
We need a comprehensive public transportation system that works, trains should be part of that. Comparing Amtrak as it is now, to air travel, isn't an apples to apples comparison.
Dave.