Overnight and long-distance trains are in the same boat (sorry) as ocean liners: they'll still exist, but for very different purposes
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Geared towards leisure and entertainment, turning the long travel time from a drawback to an asset
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Ocean liners became cruise liners, and long-distance trains are--in Japan--becoming "cruise trains"pic.twitter.com/uB4oN8knmZ
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But for overly long distances, they're a smart, cost-effective alternative to high-speed rail.
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by the time a country can manage to build HSR, most of its population will opt to fly for those sorts of distances
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I know you're a train guy, but I'm looking forward to self-driving sleeper cars for long road trips. Like rolling business class.
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ya except without any attendants
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True, but for the price difference I'm fine with "Taxi, let's make a pit stop at the nearest drive-thru burger / subs / liquor store."
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I suppose
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