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[–]HDD_Destroyer 4 points5 points  (1 child)


The Acela is about 4 hours, the Northeast Regional is 5-5.5 or so. Seating is reserved, so no one is standing. So yes, it's quite different then when you took it, I suppose.

Planes are still cheap if purchased in advance, but on the other hand you have to deal with security hassles, restrictions on what you can bring, far less comfort, and airports are not located directly in downtown.

Also, why is train travel cheaper and far more efficient in every other developed country?

You mean Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and other places of high population density. Canada has terrible trains, same for Australia. The US has very low overall population density, and even our built up areas are usually built in a sprawling manner that makes public transport less efficient and more difficult.