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 reaperducer on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:51PM (#19455980)

That's a wild generalization, based on a lack of experience or knowledge. A number of passenger railroads in the United States also have quiet cars. Metra comes to mind, but I know I've seen others.

For americans its something quaint and wild whereas for europeans its just a basic form of transportation

You're either repeating outdated cliches from the internet, or you must not live in a large metropolitan area with passenger train service.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by TheRealEdAbbey on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:45PM (#19457684)

In America, "large metropolitan area with passenger train service" is the exception, not the norm.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by Frondo on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:57PM (#19458191)

I don't think this is actually true.

Looking at the top 20 metropolitan statistical areas in the US, you're already at nearly half the population of the US. And I know from the experience of having ridden commuter rail in most of those that most of them have commuter rail, i.e. passenger train service.

You've got to go pretty far down the list to find one without commuter rail or even a subway/light rail system (which I'm not counting as passenger train service).

If it isn't the majority, it's at least a normal experience for a huge swath of the population.

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by null000 on Friday March 22, 2019 @04:33AM (#19460522)

I'm reminded of the three panel meme comic.

"Yeah, we have passenger train service"

"good passenger train service?"

"Hey, lets not get ahead of ourselves"

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