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High-speed rail, red herring, and my lament
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As for the long distance hotel trains, more than half of the riders are actually traveling a distance longer than the train goes.... More than half of the riders entering Chicago on a train leave Chicago on another train..... <br /> <br />Actually, since most of Amtrak's employees are based in Chicago, the trains are scheduled to enter Chicago in the mornings and early afternoons so that they can leave in the late afternoons and evenings.....Shift changes basically.... <br /> <br />Therefore the Empire Builder time schedule is based for Chicago, as are all the other trains..... But yes, there are a lot of stops scheduled in the middle of the night.... not necessarily the best time to increase ridership along the routes..... <br /> <br />The only solution to stopping this practice of untimely stops is to either increase the number of trains daily, frequency, or to increase the speed of the trains significantly to get the frequency increase with the same number of trains...... And when I say significantly, I mean triple or quadruple their speeds......HSR...... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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