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Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu Apr 26 08:47:40 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 26 01:32:46 2012. I was not stating that seriously, just to point out the ridiculousness that the train costs more/passenger than the bus. Look at it this way:-an 8 car train has the seated capacity of about 12 buses -this hypothetical train needs at most 6 crew members, whereas those buses require 12 drivers -this hypothetical train can get better crew and equipment utilization than the buses since it takes less time from A to B -1 engine and 8 passenger cars should require less maintenance than 12 buses Amtrak should be able to completely destroy the NEC bus market even using the *same* fares. What I am saying is to double/quadruple the bus fares and use that as a base. |
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