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[quote user="henry6"] But Sam, Metroliner succeded and Acela is such a success because the airplane doesn't make it on this corridor...paper schedules were one thing, but air congestion coupled with getting to and from the airports...have given the edge to Acela and Regional Rail.  If air were supreme, we wouldn't have Amtrak's NE Corridor. [/quote] The Shuttle offers 32 flights a day between LGA and DCA.  Delta offers 26 flights a day between the same points.  United has 38 flights a day between LGA and BWI or DCA.  And there are many more offerings by Continental, American, etc.  These numbers don't support the argument that the airplane does not make it in the corridor.  The air corridor is congested.  Nevertheless, the on-time performance figures for LGA and DCA are approximately 80 to 82 per cent.  Getting to National Airport in Washington is a breeze.  Just take the Metro.  Getting to LGA is a bit more challenging, but if you allow sufficient time to do so, you can catch a bus right outside of Grand Central that will get you to the airport in approximately 40 minutes for $13. The NEC is not a success because of New York and Washington.  It is successful, assuming one is not considering the financial picture, because most of the passengers travel between the end points and an intermediate city, i.e. New York to Philadelphia, Philadelphia to Washington, etc.  Although Amtrak claims that it has more than 50 per cent of the air/train travelers on the NEC, it does not have more than 50 per cent of the end point travelers.  Its claim is based on the fact that it has high loads between the intermediate cities.  Amtrak claims that it has more than 50 per cent of the air/rail travelers on the NEC, but that is different than to claim that it has more than 50 per cent of the air/rail travelers between New York and Washington.  It does not make the segment figures available in its monthly reports, but I have ridden the Acela between Philadelphia and New York or Washington and New York.  The load factors were higher between Philadelphia and New York, with relatively light loads south of Philadelphia.  As I said, between New York center city and Washingon center city, I would take the train.  But if I lived on Long Island, I would probably opt to take the plane.
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