Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security

Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by spinlock on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:08PM (#11613882)

This is why I can't support high speed rail enough. You get from downtown nyc to Washington dc without having your human rights violated. And its faster too.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by tlrobinson on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:16PM (#11613961)

What makes you think they wouldn't institute similar TSA-style [1] security on a shiny new high-profile high speed rail?

1. Or literally the TSA: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyo...

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by monksy on Monday May 02, 2016 @05:53PM (#11616002)

They've pulled this before in the commuter train station in Chicago.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by jdavis703 on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:45PM (#11614872)

Right, Spain already does this. And I've during high-profile events I've seen TSA patrolling the main subway stations in Washington, DC.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by wutbrodo on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:58PM (#11615554)

I've been travelling all around Spain for the last month and I wouldn't characterize the Renfe/AVE security as anywhere near the TSAs. You basically just put your bags through a machine and get waved through, and I've yet to wait in much of a line.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by mpeg on Monday May 02, 2016 @07:11PM (#11616524)

Yeah, same thing for the Eurostar, it's a much saner security and check-in process. As much as I love flying, I always take the train from London to Paris or between Madrid and Barcelona.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by ojm on Monday May 02, 2016 @10:56PM (#11617522)

I nearly lost a pocketknife when my suitcase was x-rayed at a Spanish train station.

Our small satchel bags and bodies did not get x-rayed, but the large suitcases did. I forgot I had a pocketknife in there (as it's fine usually for airport security as a check in bag). Somehow, when my suitcase got scanned, they mixed up the order and the person behind me got stopped for having a knife. By that time, I was making a quick getaway to the platform as I didn't want to lose the knife.

I could have just had a knife (and bomb?) in my satchel bag, so was pretty confused by the whole x-ray suitcases only situation.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by nitrogen on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:14PM (#11613943)

IIRC the TSA occasionally sets up airport style security checkpoints at train exits. A search of HN should show some examples.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by op00to on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:59PM (#11614411)

VIPR is what you're looking for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Intermodal_Prevention_...

It's not exactly airport style - at least in NYC and Philly they swab you for explosives and check your ID. No X-Ray or nude-o-scope. You're free to not go through the checkpoint (but you won't board your train).

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by mikemac on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:59PM (#11614410)

Boston police (or transit police) does this randomly on the MBTA train system.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by santaclaus on Monday May 02, 2016 @06:15PM (#11616153)

Ehhh, I once had the contents of my backpack dumped all over a train station floor by the NYPD while leaving the LIRR.

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