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[quote user="MidlandMike"] Detroit-Chicago has had a Megabus route for the last 6 years, but Amtrak had a record year last year in Michigan.  Also, not all Megabus launches have been successful, as their LA hub was shut down. Megabus may be serving a new demographic.  A study has shown there has been a decades long decline in young adults getting drivers licenses.  Those 20 somethings who like the free wifi might not have a car these days.  The study was cited in another thread: <a href="/TRCCS/forums/t/205000.aspx">http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/205000.aspx</a> <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] You may have a point.  Megabus stated that it expects 40 per cent of its ridership in the Texas Triangle, as well as to Norman, OK, which is the home of the University of Oklahoma, to be college students.  In fact, its Austin stop is on the University of Texas campus. According to the initial schedule, Megabus will offer eight trips a day each way between Austin and Dallas and 14 trips each way per day between Austin and Houston.  The trips will be nonstop.  Accordingly, the service will not impact the number of passengers using the Eagle from the stops between the major cities that it serves, i.e. San Marcos, Temple, Longview, etc., but it is likely to draw passengers away from the train in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Little Rock.
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