Ditto. Enjoy traveling and often looking for the best deal, as we care much more about the destination that getting somewhere in luxury. When close enough driving always seems best, after a certain distance flying is cheaper and of course much faster. Every once in a while look at train options to see how the time and cost compare but in my limited lookups, the train was more expensive and often total time longer. The idea of always sounds relaxing.

I don’t know what’s relaxing about a slow commute, unless the trip is getting in a train. Perhaps I come from a place where the train is a utility and not something “weird” one fetishizes as a vacation. I don’t mean this in any negative way whatsoever and I don’t intend this to sound like I’m gate keeping train usage (but I know it may sound like I that).

All this to say, I want to get on the train to get somewhere, not to “experience the train”. Until the train operates as such, regular passengers are not going to choose it.