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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff M: [QB] Presumably that is actual ticketed passenger destinations rather than forecast routings were the trains available. In which case you can't use such historic figures to predict whether a route would be viable. As an example, I would bet you that there are no tickets issued from San Marcos, TX to Del Rio, TX simply because it takes nearly 13 hours to do 222 miles, of which over 7 hours is stopped at San Antonio. But make the SAS stop 20 minutes or so and it suddenly looks a lot more of a viable option for passengers. Ignore, for the sake of argument, that driving is still far less time and that such a short stop is unlikely. As they say in gambling - sorry, I mean the investments world - past performance is no indicator of future return. On a similar note, in railway terms, a "stub" train that connects into a long haul train is far more likely to gain patronage than the same train which does not connect. Think branch line and main line. Geoff M. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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