people who want to go across a continent have plenty of planes to take; people who want to get around their own cities without driving, on the other hand, could really use more trains https://twitter.com/TiredGuyReturns/status/955187164098256897 …
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I don't recall the exact mode share, but I know that flying remains very popular in Japan between those two cities. Plenty take the train too--trains depart more frequently than planes, which is a likely factor--but trains don't dominate that market.
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Other American city pairs that fall into this approximate range include: - NYC to Atlanta - Houston to Orlando - Dallas to Denver - Seattle to Salt Lake City - Seattle to San Francisco ...you get the idea; roughly 750~900 miles
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Shorter distances work out better for high speed rail, because over these distances, air passengers will likely spend more time at airports than flying: - Boston to DC (3hr) - NYC to Toronto (3hr 20m) - SF to LA (2hr 30m) - Dallas to Houston (1hr 30m) etc etc
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But as I said at the outset...urban and suburban rail is the real prizepic.twitter.com/59OAdDpMUG
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The Tokaido Shinkansen--the world's busiest high speed railway--carries around 400,000 people a day The Odakyu Railway--6th busiest in Tokyo--carries around 2 million a daypic.twitter.com/ys7iTcTo6d
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I used to frequent the Shinkansen Osaka to Fukuoka. We’re lots of departures, ran like clockwork, a lot less hassle than air travel as far as security and boarding, and pretty affordable. Was like $200-$300 round trip.
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Yeah, that's what gets me too. The security, luggage check in, etc. Trains are like, bam bam, let's keep it moving.
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When you factor that airports are outside of cities and that you need to get to them well before a flight, the travel times are much closer.
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