Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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They sometimes auction off room upgrade on overnight traveling, but its only right before departure and you have to already be in a very pricy, very small Roomette. On the Southwest Chief which is...
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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That's a dumb oversimplification. America is an egalitarian society that blends the urban and the rural, in a legacy spirit of common carrier universal service - a gigantic factor in travel time, is...
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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Just do a search. Madrid, Spain to Barcelona, Spain a distance of about 387 miles takes 2 1/2 hours by train. Distance between NYC to DC is about 288 miles via Acela (Amtrak's faster ride) takes...
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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Bullet trains would make flying less necessary. Imagine a continental rail in the US.
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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That makes a lot of sense. All of the late night or early trains I've been looking at on that route are showing on their site as canceled. Thanks for the explanation! Was hoping to get a 4AM train...
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This is helpful context, thanks.
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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If you order train ticket ahead of time in Europe. They can be very cheap
Here some examples
2021 Porto - Lisbon high speed rail for 2 person 26 EUR (13 EUR per person)
2019 Rennes to Paris...
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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It also doesn’t help that the stations in big cities are located in areas plagued by crime, aggressive panhandlers, homeless populations, stench of human waste etc. Source - our Recent trip from...
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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FWIW in every other country it is also incredibly expensive to travel by rail. In many countries it is subsidized heavily by the government.
It would be nice if the US had dedicated passenger...
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Car lobby is too strong.
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Not the experience I had traveling in Europe.
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I heard once that unicorn poop is rainbow colored.
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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People must be constantly trying to flee the country and the population must be dropping like in Russia and Japan!
Amtrak Ultra-Low 'Night Owl Fares' Off Peak One-Way Coach Fares From $5 For Select Routes on Northeast Corridor
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There seems to be a lot of misconceptions running around.
1. Most of the routes are in the Northeast because Amtrak/other passenger rail (commuter trains) own the trackage between DC - Boston,...
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Evidence
https://www.glimpsefromtheglobe.com/features/op-ed/how-america-killed-the-train-u-s-transportation-is-woefully-behind-the-rest-of-the-world/
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Evidence:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/riding-the-rails-us-vs-japan-world-of-motion/
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You "heard"
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Claimed without evidence
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While population density and city distance are likely reasons trains are popular in the northeast, the history of Amtrak may also explain why the northeast is its main priority. Amtrak was formed...
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Last time I tried, it was massively MORE expensive than a plane ticket and unbelievably slow.
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