Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of U.S. train travel

Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ... by cromwellian on Sunday April 25, 2021 @06:44PM (#26937435)

Even if getting to the airport is convenient, you still need to arrive 1 hour before your flight, and deal with security, boarding procedures, taxi, air traffic control, etc on both sides.

In Japan, I can literally show up for a Shinkansen five minutes before departure and hop right on.

Airports for short range traffic are fscking awful.

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Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ... by bradleyjg on Sunday April 25, 2021 @09:37PM (#26938420)

It’s a decent point, however:

* I can’t just show up for the Acela five minutes before departure. It’s not nearly as bad as flying, but there is ceremony involved.

* Security and boarding are a lot better when you are a frequent business traveler. That’s who is going to make the bulk of the DC-NYC trips regardless of modality. We shouldn’t compare the tourist experience between the two.

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Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ... by cromwellian on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:44PM (#26948595)

The door-to-door times will still be worse on DC<->NYC trips. I grew up in Baltimore-Washington area, and lived in NYC for a time, and used to take Acela every weekend down. I could get door-to-door in about 3.5 hrs. No way I could get in-out of NYC airport or Dulles/National in that time, even if I was a frequent biz traveler.

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