End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditional dining car

Re:End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditiona... by H8crilA on Sunday September 22, 2019 @04:09AM (#21040240)

Also, with such high costs it'd be better to just kick the "offending" passenger out. Or lock the doors 10 minutes prior to departure (i.e. plan to depart 10 minutes after the official departure time, but not let new people in during that window).

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Re:End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditiona... by andylynch on Sunday September 22, 2019 @06:53AM (#21040692)

Ten minutes?? U.K. trains will be open at the station for less less than a minute and a half at the most and that’s plenty. Tube trains will dwell for only 20 seconds and often less - but then that’s because you have 30+ per hour

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Re:End of an American tradition: Amtrak kills the traditiona... by ars on Sunday September 22, 2019 @05:03AM (#21040378)

That's just one example. Lots of things can cause delays.

And your 10 minute plan gets complicated when you consider they pick up passengers at multiple stops along the way. If they waited an extra 10 minutes at every stop they might ending up causing themselves an even bigger delay.

But I don't have specific info on what things are causing the most delays.

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