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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by op00to on Saturday November 25, 2023 @03:23PM (#38416378)
Jealous. There were great “interurban” lines (sort of like light rail of today) all up and down the US East Coast and beyond. At one point you could ride these little local trains on a journey from Philadelphia to New York! Talk about a connected metropolis!
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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by thriftwy on Saturday November 25, 2023 @04:39PM (#38416946)
At one point (for quite long actually) you could ride local trains to go from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok. It would take a month, though.
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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by hairy_callous on Saturday November 25, 2023 @04:41PM (#38416957)
You can still easily do this to get from Philly to NYC. Septa to Trenton, get off and switch to NJT to Penn Station. Runs hourly and costs ~$1. It does take a bit longer than Amtrak, though + Amtrak can be purchased for ~$20 if you time it right
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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal by euroderf on Sunday November 26, 2023 @04:26AM (#38420312)
It seems like interurbans were a prime source of mobility for the days after horses but before cars (and buses) came to rule the roads.
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