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Article #144Re: Fast Track to Nowhere (HSR in the USA)
From: Hatunen
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:42
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:42
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:25:03 -0700, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >On Sep 15, 8:20 pm, Hatunen <hatu...@cox.net> wrote: > >> But the price for such will be discouraging. > >Not necessarily. It depends on the market being served, both in terms >of alternative travel modes and hotel/motel accomodations. In some >markets hotels are relatively cheap, in others rather expensive even >for a basic room. All I said was the price would be discouraging. I didn't say prohibitive. But high class hotel quality in a rail roomette is going to be expensive. To start with, you can only fit a few of them in each car. I can't see much reason for classy hotel services; the only ones usign such facilities for long distances will be tourists and nostalgia buffs who hacve some money. All of the night trains I've ridden on were just that, trains you boarded in the evening, arriving in the morning. With any luck you sleep through the whole thing. Although I confess I faven't ridden any sleepers in the USA since 1960 when the US Army put me in one after inducting me. I haven't done an Amtrak sleeper; too expensive even if meals are included. >Many business travelers are avoiding the horrors of commercial service >and going to private jets. The problem is that there's no spare >capacity at major airports to support these jets. Private jets don't have to use major airports. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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