What’s Wrong with Amtrak, Part 1001
I was looking into travelling to see some friends Back East. I doubt it’s in the budget for 2011. But 2012, maybe?
Anywho, I was playing on travel websites and here’s what I found looking at a trip to Memphis:
- My wife and I could go by Greyhound and it would take nearly 2 days both way. The cost? $224 per person.
- We could go through the invasive airport security and it would only take five hours. The cost of flying? $436 per person.
- We could take the federal subsidized Amtrak route (via a bus to Spokane), and it would not take 2 days like the Greyhound. It’d take 3 days and cost $586 per person.
This in a nutshell is the problem with Amtrak. It’s too expensive and costs too much time and that’s before you get into the long delays. The bright side for Amtrak is that once you get on board the train, it can be the most pleasant form of mass transit. However, the practical problems mean that it can only survive with government subsidies.
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