Originally Posted by
Spin
For short distances it makes a lot of sense. I still don't know why there is not a bullet train between D.C., NY and Boston. There should have been one long time ago.
Acela is a high speed train, but they were constrained by the old track system. So they could never achieve the speeds on par with European and Asian high speed trains. They would need to lay new track designed for that purpose. Big infrastructure $$$
That said, the wife and I took Acela from NYC to BOS a few years ago and I felt as though the product was far superior to any of the airline shuttle products - and we were able to travel city center to city center in not much more time than flying would have taken if you add in travel to/from the airport, TSA, etc. Seats were huge, plenty of legroom, free WiFi, dining car, no TSA hassles. It was great!
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