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Did we ever discuss how RIDICULOUS Amtrak's route network is?
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Date: April 25th, 2018 10:52 PM Author: Aggressive school https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Amtrak_network_map_2016.png
the orange blobs are populated areas. notice how many either have no station, or are not even connected to other nearby blobs by any direct route. |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:16 PM Author: Multi-colored meetinghouse i mean if we're being honest the only grievous omissions there are Nashville, Columbus, Louisville, Phoenix (which has a nearby stop), and Vegas. fuck Roanoke is probably in the top 10 blobs on that map without a connection
half of those are basically "don't build your city near a mountain range or a desert" |
Date: April 25th, 2018 11:04 PM Author: french green tattoo liquid oxygen Isn’t it true that only the NY-Philly-DC stretch (maybe Boston too?) is profitable and subsidizes the rest of the map? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921803) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:07 PM Author: Copper bossy abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921826) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:11 PM Author: Aggressive school https://i.imgur.com/z7Xv4C7.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921860) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:06 PM Author: Flesh glittery sweet tailpipe national security agency it reflects 19th century America why would they build new tracks now? |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:07 PM Author: Copper bossy abode Its sps (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921828) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:10 PM Author: Multi-colored meetinghouse it's because gay ass freight trains control virtually all of the track right-of-way outside of the northeast corridor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921858) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:12 PM Author: Aggressive school we should be moving more truck and train freight to the rivers, but ARE river system is suffering from long-term lack of investment and aging locks. cargo doesn't even really travel up the missouri anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921875) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:11 PM Author: Stirring Orchid Station Deer Antler If only there were some other way of getting to and from these places... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921867) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:13 PM Author: aromatic parlour didnt know u can go almost anywhere with amtrak (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921881) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:14 PM Author: 180 french chef bawdyhouse Why the f--- is there no train to Vegas or Santa Cruz?
Or SF? |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:17 PM Author: Stirring Orchid Station Deer Antler You can take Caltrain from San Jose to SF. It's just not part of Amtrak. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3960148&forum_id=2#35921908) |