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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by TylerE on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:45PM (#23944228)
That's wildly imaginative. But no.

Train routes don't exist. Outside commuter routes long distance rail basically don't exist in the US, outside a few connectors between major cities.

This is IT: https://trn.trains.com/~/media/files/pdf/map-of-the-month/tm...

Keep in mind the scale here... see that small-looking gap between Flagstaff and Tucson? That's 400km... you could fit most European countries in there.

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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by GekkePrutser on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:55PM (#23944322)
Good point, I was speaking of European experience.

But still, here with a really fine train grid, the train is much less efficient due to the many stops and many changes you have to make to get somewhere :( It can take up to 2-3 times as much time to get somewhere by train than by car.

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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by kaybe on Friday July 24, 2020 @05:01PM (#23944395)
What's going on with the Sanford-Lorton connection?
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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by TylerE on Friday July 24, 2020 @05:14PM (#23944534)
That's the autotrain. Carries passengers AND the car. T

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Train

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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by kaybe on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:47PM (#23945626)
Is it on a ferry or is the map just not accurate there? I don't see it on the list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_ferry

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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by TylerE on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:44PM (#23945948)
No, it travels on the main East Coast line that runs from Miami up to DC. What it doesn't do is STOP at any of the intermediate stations. It leaves the DC suburbs in late afternoon, and drops off just outside Orlando, Florida in the early morning of the next day.
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Re:Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate fligh... by GekkePrutser on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:52AM (#23948810)
Sounds similar to the Eurotunnel between France and England. Very cool to be driving through a train!
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