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I know Amtrak makes most of its money there--but whenever I bring up trains in America, I get asked questions like "why would I take a train from NYC to San Francisco instead of flying?" because that's the sort of distance people assume trains work at
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Because Amtrak today still promotes that, in advertising and when begging Congress for money. It can dominate in ranges under ~200 miles; airlines can’t compete in time or - if operated correctly - price. Which is why NE corridor so successful. No one flies from DC to NYC.
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It doesn't even dominate in the NE corridor (tons of bus companies operate there, plenty of people just drive, and yes, a lot of people do fly as well), and certainly not in its other sub 200 mile corridors
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The other sub-200 corridors Amtrak operates in are atrocious. Greyhound can beat Amtrak in both time and price. In NE, Amtrak fastest. Bus is the value choice there, and flights due to company contracts.
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Amtrak isn't fastest between NYC and Boston--only between NYC and DC afaik
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