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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] The travel industry site, Skift, has an interview with Mr. Anderson posted at their site. While many aspects of Amtrak, this point is most relevan to the discussion at this topic: https://skift.com/2019/09/07/skift-global-forum-preview-amtrak-ceo-wants-to-bring-airline-nimbleness-to-the-rails Fair Use: [i][list] [*]Skift: You make a lot of your revenue on short-haul trains on the East Coast. But you said the longer routes are more challenging. What’s their future? Anderson: There will always be a place for the experiential long-haul train, because Congress has told us clearly that that’s an important part of our mission. What we do is follow the law at Amtrak. The laws are clear that the national network is an important offering. Probably today, we operate 15 of them, including Empire Builder across the northern western half of the U.S., the Zephyr from Chicago to San Francisco, the Southwest Chief, and the Coast Starlight. In an ideal state, we probably would operate somewhere between five to 10 and instead focus our efforts and resources on short-haul intercity transportation, because that’s where the demand indicators are for Amtrak.[/i] [/list] I think Mr. Anderson is Kubler-Ross Phase Five - Acceptance - regarding the LD's. Nevermind they lose $$$ hand over fist and there is many a way that the rural "can't drives, won't flies" could have their transportation needs met more economically, assuming there is some "public necessity" to provide for such, they're not going away as easily as he envisioned. While I've never been, and have a Niece who resides there and wants me to "come on down". I think Australia's present LD service is where I envision Amtrak going. Excluding the private sector "Luxotrains" (Gahn, Indian-Pacific), the only trains that could be called intercity radiate from Sidney, NSW to Brisbane, QLD and Melbourne, VIC. Over each of these 500 mile journeys, there are "two a day" - a [URL=https://youtu.be/PMztI752wWI] Daylight[/URL] and a Night Train. Both have Coaches, an F&B car, and one Sleeper, in which rooms are sold for day occupancy on the Daylight. The Sleeper is not inventoried in their reservation System, or at least is not available for on-line sale. The train operated by NSW Transport is hardly competitive with drive time to either, and the Brisbane Night Train features a 3AM arrival and vacate somewhere in the Styx. Considering there are flights on the airline of your choice all through the day, the rail service is not even in the ballpark. It only exists for the intermediate stops - and the pols. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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