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[quote user="Datafever"][quote user="futuremodal"] I think what he's talking about is the idea of eliminating LD trains but maintaining LD connectivity via a more hub and spoke system of intermediate distance trains.  Use the 24 hour/overnight concept between cities via dedicated trains, and if someone is in it for the LD haul, they switch from the "Point A to Point B" train to the "Point B to Point C" train, etc.[/quote]I'm sorry, but I just can't see anyone travelling from LA to Chicago if they have to make 5 different connections, each with multi-hour layovers and/or overnights.  Such a system would probably be the end of long distance train travel. [/quote]Well, a hub and spoke system utilizing HSR would probably result in faster travel time overall than current LD's, even with changing trains and layovers.  LD's don't exactly break any speed records, so my thought is that those who choose to travel by Amtrak's LD's aren't too concerned about keeping a tight schedule, more than likely it's leisure travel.  What a hub and spoke HSR does is to capture the scheduled traveller from the airlines between those intermediate distances, while also allowing the sight see'ers to tag along on the same consists.  E.g., you've doubled your prospective clientele.
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