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I am wondering what distance constitutes Long Distance travel as far as Amtrak travel.
Listening to some discussions concerning "what routes make or lose money it often sounds like baseball owners. The trains from NY to CHI or CHI to LA or SF would seem to be more accursion type trains what percentage of passangers board or leave these trains in locals between NY and Chicago would bypassing smaller stations should these trains be run like a cruise ship model? perhaps there would be away to have stop over options, i.e able to spend awhole day in Chicago if your going cross country, or have the option of buying one ticket but being able to get off along the day and then get the next train the day.
Posts: 516 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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Long Distance is, in many cases defined as a distance g4reater than 200 miles one-way. In answer to your other questions, it has been my experience that most long distance trains actually pick up riders along the route. Something like 80 to 90 % of riders on the Capitol and the Empire Builder are those whose rides originate at stops OTHER THAN Chicago, Washington, or Portland/Seattle. Trains generate ridership, and, therefore business activity, precisely because they stop in "fly-over" country. This is quite the opposite of the flights, which generate ticket sales because of where they terminate.
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Should be nailed to the wall in every News room in America. But that might be for another web site.
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