On 9/2/13 12:34 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:38:55 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
Japan Railway Comp
Once you get away from the Boston - DC corridor, there are not many
places where people would ride a train. Even there, if you are not
spending your visit in the city center, you need a car.
We are not Japan nor Europe.
The only place with a similar population density is the NE megopolis
and they have a train
There certainly is if there was a viable one to ride.
I've taken the train a few times between D.C. and Florida, and it is
packed. The equipment is old but decently maintained, but the trackage
is just awful and there are hundreds of unprotected crossings. If you
rent a compartment, it is significantly more expensive than flying, but
you don't have the awful hassles of air travel.
D.C. to Philly or to NYC is a damned fine train trip, as is D.C. to New
Haven, though I usually get off the train in Milford. Now there's a new
stop that is also convenient...West Haven. Will try that the next time.
My wife took a sleeper car compartment to Chicago early this year and
said the trip was relaxing, with none of the airport bull**** you have
to go through these days.