On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:50:28 +0100, "Keith W"
wrote:
>
>"B Vaughan" wrote in message
>news:fgiad1d43pr2oc3qen0ktlbv0rb21otpmc@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:55:46 -0400, "mdrawson"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>That's the sad truth. Too bad, because we really love train travel, and
>>>this country is so far behind Europe that it's embarrassing. We're the
>>>greatest nation on the planet and we can't figure out how to run a train
>>>system?
>>
>> I hate to make apologies for the American rail system, because really
>> it could (and should) be greatly improved. However, it really can't be
>> compared to Europe where the population density is many times greater.
>>
>
>Indeed the best analogy is Australia which has much the same
>situation. However there is room for some improvement on
>routes like San Diego-LA-SF where their is heavy traffic and
>the distances are not too far.
Unfortunately, the driving from LA to SF is also quick and
considerably more convenient. I have driven downtown SF to
central LA in a time of about 5.5 hours; the train is scehduled
at 12:40 and will undoubtedly take even longer. And that's AFTER
you get from downtown SF to Emeryville across the Bay.
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