New terminal station under development in Bangkok:https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/four-storey-bangkok-bang-sue-station-takes-shape.html …
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Replying to @380kmh
China is an interesting country to watch for, re: high speed rail. They are doing unconventional things that we have been told can’t work.
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Replying to @tonybalogna
This is Thailand--but what sort of things do you have in mind re: China?
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Replying to @380kmh
My mind got scrambled and I read that as Beijing. But the conventional thinking in West is rail can only be successful if run by governments, financed by taxes, and cover short distances. China defying those beliefs.
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Replying to @tonybalogna
Certainly conventional thinking in the West is that rail can only be successful if run by gov, financed by taxes...but overwhelmingly Westerners think rail is for long range, intercity travel--they routinely neglect suburban and regional travel
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Replying to @380kmh
The long-range intercity routes are the ones losing money. Amtrak makes almost all its money on the NE corridor; that and billions from Congress sustain the rest of the system. Which is “popular,” but not sustainable. China testing that it can be both.
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Replying to @tonybalogna
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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Replying to @380kmh
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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Replying to @tonybalogna
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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Replying to @380kmh
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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