There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did it anyway

Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by CaptainZapp on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:47AM (#19452917)

I just looked it up.

A sleeper for one is ~1'800$. About 300 more if you're two.

That's about half of a yearly train pass for Switzerland (2nd class). The pass allowes you to travel in virtually any mode of transportation without restrictions. Except for taxis, some boats and some mountain railways.

So yeah, that's pretty steep.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by billfruit on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:33AM (#19453493)

A similar cross country sleeper trip could be around 50$ in India, though by Indian speeds it may take the train several days, it is common for train rides India to last more than 2 full days. The longest distance passenger train on the Indian network takes close to 80 hours one way.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by selimthegrim on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:41PM (#19455119)

Amtrak was selling Phoenix-New Orleans tickets for $79 around the new year (not sleeper though). These days you can get bargains on certain east coast routes on roomette tickets if you go on trains that they’ve pulled the dining car off of.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by zeveb on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:05AM (#19453139)

In fairness, the continental United States are over 195 times the size of Switzerland.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by dspig on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:57AM (#19460170)

but only 12 times the width

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