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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by kuschku on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:15AM (#13307912)
You are describing a very inefficient train ;)
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by Qwertious on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:31AM (#13308448)
IIRC the USA doesn't really do trains. Also, trains have public seating, which means they Can't Have Nice Things thanks to various anonymous assholes - in comparison, most people don't wreck their own car.
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by hx87 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:13PM (#13312070)
How much of that is the perception of anonymous assholes vs the real thing? American passenger trains used to have open sleeper cars, but not anymore, which is kinda sad because I don't want to have to choose between coach (uncomfortable) and roomette (expensive) on the LA/Chicago route.
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by beachstartup on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @10:22AM (#13309671)
> IIRC the USA doesn't really do trains

the US does a lot of trains, but generally for short distances on commuter corridors, and municipal light rail. we don't do high speed passenger rail, which is probably what you're thinking of.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by croon on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:40AM (#13308489)
No trains stop outside my house though ;)
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