Miami-Orlando is longer, so lower frequency is okay.
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*for express trains,* provided that they're underlaid by more frequent local trains
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Local trains are not where most intercity lines draw ridership from.
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not where they draw the majority of their ridership from, but they're a vital part--how many profitable intercity lines only run expresses?
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The TGVs, for one! Even on the putative locals the stop spacing is triple digit.
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If they offered way more frequent trips and many more local trips--like the Shinkansen does--would they be doing better, or worse?
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If they had cities to serve in the middle, then better. But there's nothing between Paris and Lyon on the LGV Sud-Est.
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Unlike in South Florida, where Brightline's current route is heavily populated and its Orlando extension will pass Port St Lucie, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, and Palm Bay, to name a few
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Once it's an actual intercity line, 16 trips/day is pretty damn good. But it's not yet.
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No, even as an intercity line 16 trips a day is pathetic--back when the Shinkansen *opened* in 1964 and it still took 4 hours to go between Tokyo and Osaka, they were running 21 down trips and probably the same number of up trips. Now it's in the hundreds.pic.twitter.com/uwgB6BQ79g
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Looking at a more rural route--I count 12 express runs from Hakodate to Sapporo, but that's padded out by ~25 more local and rapid trains: http://ekikara.jp/newdata/ekijikoku/0101011/down1_01202011.htm …
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