Earlier quoted context omitted.
By any definition but yours Acela is indeed HSR, it’s the fucking fastest train in North America!
That doesn't mean it's fast
It's what the rest of the industrialized world calls "a train".
Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
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Re: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
#122Wow, I don't know why I thought there would be... Way, way more trains active at a given time. I suppose I overestimated passenger rail popularity in this country.. I knew it wasn't relatively huge, but there's several hundred miles in some cases between trains.
The only half decent fast railway (acela) in the US costs more than an uber+flight for the same trip.
I'm surprised anyone takes it at all.
US rail is starting at negative 100. Only a small group of masochists (raises hand) choose to inflict this on themselves.
Re: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
#123It's sad that even great potential routes like SF->LA aren't accessible by train, and we don't seem to have the state capacity to build HSR there. I was just in Japan, and took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto, which is a similar distance as SF to LA. That train: - runs every 10 minutes -- if you miss one, just take the next one! - takes 2.5 hours travel time - starts and ends in city centers on both ends. - has be…
Agreed, Boston to NYC on Amtrak is only marginally better (sometimes) than flying and thats only ~200 miles
Re: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
#124The most shocking for me is ... the small amount of trains on that map
Re: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
#125It's sad that even great potential routes like SF->LA aren't accessible by train, and we don't seem to have the state capacity to build HSR there. I was just in Japan, and took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto, which is a similar distance as SF to LA. That train: - runs every 10 minutes -- if you miss one, just take the next one! - takes 2.5 hours travel time - starts and ends in city centers on both ends. - has be…
Same experience on my first Japan trip earlier this year. Why can't we have nice things over here?
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#126What was behind the decision to include just commuter rail and long-distance passenger rail, but not local rapid transit? Is it a resource issue drawing that many vehicles? I love this map, but I'd love to see it with more modes of transport.
mostly just because this was a weekend project and I needed to draw the line somewhere. I'm not necessarily opposed to it, but I reckon it'll take a good amount more time.
Re: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
#127Netherlands: https://treinposities.nl/ , and for buses https://busposities.nl/kaart (zoom in).
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#128Kind of underwhelming. Superb work, but the average distance between trains is, like, at least 500 miles? This is what the opposite of public transportation looks like, unfortunately.
What would that map look like if even 5% of the annual military budget of the US would be invested in trains?
Re: Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
#129It's sad that even great potential routes like SF->LA aren't accessible by train, and we don't seem to have the state capacity to build HSR there. I was just in Japan, and took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto, which is a similar distance as SF to LA. That train: - runs every 10 minutes -- if you miss one, just take the next one! - takes 2.5 hours travel time - starts and ends in city centers on both ends. - has be…
I like the Shinkansen but it's also very expensive - that journey is ¥14,170 one way, and the discounts for return tickets or advance booking are vanishingly small. Even with the incredibly weak yen I can see same-day SF-LA flights cheaper than that.
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#130Super cool! I love this. Makes me yearn for a day when this map is way more full of activity. Just a little feedback: the color for Amtrak and for Chicago's Metra trains are so similar it's hard to see at a glance where the Amtrak runs are amongst the many Metras that are out at a given time. Would be awesome to differentiate those marker colors a bit more. Very cool! Didn't know this was even technically possible wi…
this bugged me too. I tried to keep the colours respective to the company logos. Any other recommendations for a metra colour?