YogthosFeb 26, 2023
American journalist discovers a train
Show threadLisPiFeb 26, 2023

@yogthos It sucks incredibly much in #Canada too.

There's been effort put into making the experience worse.

So the amazement is sadly not faked.

Show threadYogthosFeb 26, 2023
@lispi314 oh yeah rail transit in Canada is absolute shit, and largely for the same reasons as well
Show threadAlexander The 1stFeb 27, 2023

@yogthos @lispi314 I don't have much experience with our rail service, but having been using TransLink for years, their skytrain is amazing.

And made me double-take at the "$160 one-way trip from Netherlands to France" the article writer took.

Especially since a cursory check saw it as double the price one-way, and double the time, of an airline flight.

Show threadAndreas KFeb 28, 2023

@AT1ST @yogthos @lispi314 It's for first class travel. You know, away from the peons.

Depending upon the rail operator with further amenities.

Plus flights (especially the cheap ones) nowadays are often without luggage included.

Show threadAlexander The 1stFeb 28, 2023
@yacc143 @yogthos @lispi314 Sure, but it's more than 10x the cost of a trip on the Skytrain that I'm thinking of - even at its maximum zoning; where sure, you can't get away from the peons, but...it just seems really over-priced, relatively.
Show threadAndreas K

@AT1ST @yogthos @lispi314 The Skytrain is a more or less local mass transit system.

These high speed trains are long distance inter city public transport.

Anyway, I once missed my night train on a Friday (it was that week in Europe when the yearly train schedules change, and the train was moved an hour earlier).

I decided to go home via "regional" trains, it took me almost 24h for 900km, and I was rather beat for the weekend.

Feb 28, 2023 at 10:07amWeb