naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 5 months ago‘The time is right’ for US to catch up on high-speed rail, says British Amtrak execwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11
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minus-squareJulesTheModestlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·5 months ago500 miles on Amtrak east coast can take about 10 hours! I’m doing it again in a few weeks. That’s just so dumb slow embarrassing.
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months agoAnd more expensive than flying a good chunk of the time!
minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoSee I agree, but Boston-New York and New York-DC are still very competitive with driving and flying, if only because their respective airports are so far from the city itself.
500 miles on Amtrak east coast can take about 10 hours! I’m doing it again in a few weeks. That’s just so dumb slow embarrassing.
And more expensive than flying a good chunk of the time!
See I agree, but Boston-New York and New York-DC are still very competitive with driving and flying, if only because their respective airports are so far from the city itself.