China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network

Re:China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network by ghaff on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:51PM (#13414100)

I'm not sure I understand. Even if rail were cheaper to get from, say, Boston to Charlotte, you'd then almost certainly have to rent a car for that vacation so it's hard to see a train being an economical option for most families.

And Amtrak does offer an auto train though from Virginia to Florida.

I like the train but I don't assume it's a particularly economic option.

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Re:China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network by Spooky23 on Monday January 16, 2017 @07:55PM (#13414364)

There's this newfangled thing called Uner now. ;)

Any trip where people fly is a rail candidate. The hassle and bullshit associated with flying is high and getting higher.

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Re:China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network by ghaff on Monday January 16, 2017 @08:48PM (#13414555)

Taxis/Uber don't really work in very spread out areas relative to having a car.

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Re:China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network by imbeau on Monday January 16, 2017 @09:15PM (#13414668)

Amtrak could make a killing with a service that sent you via high speed rail and sent your car via regular rail either before or after you departed.

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