Amtrak isn't the only passenger rail transportation company to be facing plunging ridership challenges as we head into 2021. As far as I'm concerned, vaccinations can't happen fast enough.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/business/eurostar-pandemic-train-europe.html
NKP guy Amtrak isn't the only passenger rail transportation company to be facing plunging ridership challenges as we head into 2021. As far as I'm concerned, vaccinations can't happen fast enough. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/business/eurostar-pandemic-train-europe.html
Unfortunately, unless one is a subscriber to the NY Times, h/she cannot read the story.
My apologies, JPS1; I didn't know that. I tried opening the link after I posted it and it worked; now I know why.
Does anyone here know how I can make that article available?
I am not a subscriber to NYT, but I was able to open and continue. Here is a fair use excerpt:
"Ridership has slumped 70 to 90 percent amid lockdowns and social-distancing requirements, pushing the industry toward a staggering €22 billion in losses this year, around the same expected for European airlines, according to CER, a Brussels-based trade group representing passenger and freight train operators."
Thanks, charlie hebdo for posting that quote. Allow me to strike a blow for Liberty and offer another quote or two from this article:
"After record profit in 2019, when 11 million people crowded onto its trains, Eurostar said it was now 'fighting for its survival' after a 'total collapse in demand' for international rail travel."
"Passenger numbers have plunged 95 percent sinch March. Revenue fell by (Euro)340 million in the first half, down 61 percent from a year ago. From a peak of running more than 60 trains a day, Eurostar cut service to one daily round-trip between London and Paris, and one on its London-Brussels am Amsterdam routes."
"With fewer trains, ticket prices have been climbing to sometimes astronomical levels...."
"Still, the pandemic is unlikely to wipe out Europe's love affair with trains. People will probably gravitate back to their old mobility behavior as the pandemic fades, said Ms. Leenen of SCI Verkehr."
"'But the trains will be just a little less full,' she said."
charlie hebdo I am not a subscriber to NYT, but I was able to open and continue. Here is a fair use excerpt:
If you are not a subscriber to the NY Times, you get a number of free articles each month before being blocked from the site. It was 10 freebies a month, but I believe the number has been scaled back. In any case, I could not access the site because I had exceeded my free hit limit.
JPS1 charlie hebdo I am not a subscriber to NYT, but I was able to open and continue. Here is a fair use excerpt: If you are not a subscriber to the NY Times, you get a number of free articles each month before being blocked from the site. It was 10 freebies a month, but I believe the number has been scaled back. In any case, I could not access the site because I had exceeded my free hit limit.
Clear your browser history and cookies and try again.
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SD70Dude JPS1 charlie hebdo I am not a subscriber to NYT, but I was able to open and continue. Here is a fair use excerpt: If you are not a subscriber to the NY Times, you get a number of free articles each month before being blocked from the site. It was 10 freebies a month, but I believe the number has been scaled back. In any case, I could not access the site because I had exceeded my free hit limit. Clear your browser history and cookies and try again.
Exactly!! Cleaning the browser of cookies, etc. is wise for security, too.
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