• YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    its slow and shits not even electrified. nor is the miserable excuse for commuter rail they have in mpls (lot of love went into parts of it but gimped from the start by not going to st cloud)

    but like, a train is a train. its at least not slower than driving, and the drive it replaces can be pretty miserable when there’s traffic or construction so I think it’ll get some adoption. Duluth sees a lot of tourism too

    • Starlet [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netOP
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      1 year ago

      ^^^

      Projects like this are more or less the best we can hope for as long as Amtrak is privately run. I’m happy we’re at least getting trains that don’t take twice the time that driving does