From: kludge@panix.com   
      
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   D   wrote:   
   >On Wed, 21 Feb 2024, Jeff Jonas wrote:   
   >   
   >>> ... Here in Deepest South Florida we have TriRail.   
   >>   
   >> I used TriRail to & from   
   >> FLL (Ft Lauderdale airport) and Boca Raton (Yamato Road)   
   >> for only $5. Then a $15 Uber to my parents' place.   
   >> Vs. $100+ for an airport car service.   
   >> The trains were on time and just fine.   
   >> Yes, I had to use a connecting bus to the airport (free)   
   >> but things really did connect.   
   >>   
   >>> We also have Brightline.   
   >>   
   >> Sadly, those grade level crossings are in the news often   
   >> for the gruesome collisions with Darwin Award winners   
   >> who drive around the gates.   
   >   
   >In sweden I saw in the news that the mid- and long-range trains where on   
   >time only 82% of the time last year.   
      
   That's better than Amtrak.  And I bet that the ones that were late were only   
   late by minutes rather than days.   
      
   Sweden, though, is starting to get some competition to the SJ, though.   
   I wound up riding MTRX from Stockholm out to Gothenburg last year and   
   then FlixTrain back and I was vaguely amused by the SJ staff's attitude   
   toward the new outfits muscling in on their territory.  I do think that   
   competition is the key to getting better service.   
   --scott   
      
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