Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
[quote]QUOTE: macguy- I agree for that price differential, your choice is obvious. My case on the round trip Chicago to Washington is about $125 including commuter line tickets to Chicago and tax. My wife is in a rush and flying Milwaukee to Baltimore Washington for $173 round. The Internal Revenue Service allows 36 cents per mile as the cost for running the average value car in the U.S. If thats me, 1700 miles at 36 is $612. [/quote] Yeah you're lucky. Basically the problem is, in my case, the only people that Via is going to attract with those prices will be people looking for a good train trip. I'm sure via is offering the best prices that are humanly possible for that trip, only problem is they don't come anywhere near the competition. Much like the article said, I suppose that rail travel can compare and compete with the airlines and cars, they just have to pick their battles. I should also mention that Via does very well and does have profitable routes and trains that run on the east coast between places like Montreal and Toronto, I guess the west is just too sparsly populated to make similar routes (out west) viable.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag