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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by munk-a on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:16PM (#19456791)
As a former vermonter... The St. Albans service is terrible, trains go into Essex Junction (basically, Burlington) once a day and the train leaves NYC at 11:33 am and gets in at 8:18 pm, eight hours for what is a five hour drive with a single train a day.

I don't disagree that some other services might be alright, but that's clearly not one of them.

Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did ... by ghaff on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:41PM (#19457081)
I haven't kept up on those services. I know they've come and gone over the years but I was being charitable. I used to semi-regularly take the train from White River Junction to Philadelphia but I pretty much only use the Acela/Northeast Regional these days and that's really the "good-ish" part of the service I'm aware of. (Where good-ish is defined as preferable to driving, the bus, and plane--so long as not doing the whole length.)