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A comment on Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better. Parent comment

Re:Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better by okprod on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:39AM (#24629138)
Yea the US is far behind other countries with regard to passenger rail service. A friend who thought Amtrak was fast got blown away when she rode the Shinkansen for the first time.
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Re:Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better by freeopinion on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:08PM (#24630306)
Osaka to Tokyo on Shinkansen is ~500km and takes over 3 hours.

Los Angeles to Las Vegas on Amtrak is ~500km and takes over 7 hours.

Oh, except that you don't finish in Las Vegas. You finish in Kingman, AZ (more that 160km from Las Vegas) because that's as close as you can get with Amtrak.

The Shinkansen is travelling through significantly populated areas on the trip. Amtrak is travelling through a barren desert.

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Re:Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better by fomine3 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @08:58PM (#24634785)
Osaka to Tokyo is about 2.5 hours if you use fastest Shinkansen.
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