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<p>[quote user="Euclid"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">243129</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>Let me ask you all a question.</p> <p>You want to travel from NYP to WAS on a week day and you are not on an expense account. The fare in the same time frame is as low as $49.00 for a Regional train and as low as $130.00 for the Acela Express. The Regional train takes 3 hours and 22 minutes to complete the journey, the Acela Express takes 2 hours and 53 minutes to complete the same journey a difference of 30 minutes in trip time. Presented to the traveling public in this manner which do you think they would choose?</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Eight out of ten would pick the $49 ride.  One would pay an extra $81 for sizzle, and one would be undecided. </p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p></p> <div><span lang="EN-US">Why not take published numbers from Amtrak’s<span>  </span>Monthly Performance Report September 2017: </span><a href="https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2016/8/alstom-to-provide-amtrak-with-its-new-generation-of-high-speed-train"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2016/8/alstom-to-provide-amtrak-with-its-new-generation-of-high-speed-train</span></a></div> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Acela Express ridership was 3.442 million, Regional was 8.570 million.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Amtrak’s Five Year Plan 39% of all Acela Express riders are not on business travel or commuting. On Regional trains 68% account for for the same group. That means 1.3416 million Acela riders and 5.8276 million Regional riders are not business travelers or commuters.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The share of this group is 18.7% on the Acela Express if all commuters are travelling on an expense account. If not all do the percentage rises.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Of all NEC Amtrak travelers, 29% use the Acela Express. They produce 48% of NEC’s total operational revenue.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Amtrak needs the Acela Express and the travelers apparently too.<br /> Regards, Volker</span></p>
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