I will be reading this. I had the opportunity to use Amtrak last February for a couple trips from Eastern Washington to Seattle. NEVER was a single train on time; one was over 7 hours off schedule( car trip is less than 5 hours). Part of the hold up was snow.... Trains started losing time from origination back east. Another delay, frozen…
I will be reading this. I had the opportunity to use Amtrak last February for a couple trips from Eastern Washington to Seattle. NEVER was a single train on time; one was over 7 hours off schedule( car trip is less than 5 hours). Part of the hold up was snow.... Trains started losing time from origination back east. Another delay, frozen couplers when picking up another car. But probably the most inefficient use of rail is routing it thru neighborhoods( probably due to sprawl more than original design) the train was relegated to speeds of 30 mph or less for a considerable percentage of the distance.
One can't depend on the train for appointments or time dependant arrivals/ connections.
Longer trips are costly if you want to be able to shower or sleep, well more expensive than flying but quite economical and comfortable for a day trip. Bring your own food as only microwaved hot dogs/ burgers etc available for purchase if you don't purchase a room.
There's tons that could be done to improve the experience and encourage usage but like everything else it will cost billions and take decades I'm sure.
I will be reading this. I had the opportunity to use Amtrak last February for a couple trips from Eastern Washington to Seattle. NEVER was a single train on time; one was over 7 hours off schedule( car trip is less than 5 hours). Part of the hold up was snow.... Trains started losing time from origination back east. Another delay, frozen couplers when picking up another car. But probably the most inefficient use of rail is routing it thru neighborhoods( probably due to sprawl more than original design) the train was relegated to speeds of 30 mph or less for a considerable percentage of the distance.
One can't depend on the train for appointments or time dependant arrivals/ connections.
Longer trips are costly if you want to be able to shower or sleep, well more expensive than flying but quite economical and comfortable for a day trip. Bring your own food as only microwaved hot dogs/ burgers etc available for purchase if you don't purchase a room.
There's tons that could be done to improve the experience and encourage usage but like everything else it will cost billions and take decades I'm sure.
These are the fails people should be talking about. Considering most northern states are further north than southern klanida cities.