• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    3 months ago

    No way man, I’ve ridden the train London to the UK. It’s expensive in the sense that a first class ticket for me was … 200 pounds I believe? Amtrak is gobs more for a much worse experience. We’re fighting tooth and nail over here in the states to try to have something close to your system

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      3 months ago

      Not tried rail in the USA so yeah, fair enough. But I’ve been to Italy a few times and I’m always jealous of their rail.

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        3 months ago

        Fair, although while my ride in Italy was faster, I vastly preferred the overall vibe of the UK’s system.

        It’s honestly hard to explain because it’s so much different compared to your guys’.

        So we have exactly one route that can go up to 125, in a couple of places. So taking that one out of the equation, the next highest speed in our entire system is 90mph.

        I live in Seattle, about 4 million people, about 1.8x of Manchester. We have 3 rail lines, that take you to 3 places.

        • Portland, 5 times a day, 4 hours away
        • Vancouver BC, 3 times a day, 3 hours away
        • Chicago, 1 time a day, 36 hours away.
        • LA, 1 time a day, 24 hours away

        We have what you would call a “well connected” city in the states too. Outside of the northeast corridor, this is in fact a “train city” here in the states.