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

Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by superuser2 on Monday May 02, 2016 @05:34PM (#11615866)

Isn't Amtrak plagued by horrific delays? The Chicago to NYC time is 20 hours by the schedule, and anecdotally 5-7 more hours waiting for freight trains is pretty common. Don't have real data or personal experience though.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by giaour on Monday May 02, 2016 @07:43PM (#11616731)

I took a Chicago-NYC train once, and the crew was happy that it was "only" 4 hours late. IIRC, the physical rails are owned by freight lines, so freight gets a higher priority at crossings.

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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security by astrodust on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @06:44PM (#11624846)

I guess I'm lucky I don't have to deal with Amtrak then.

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