From: tppm@ca.rr.com   
      
   On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:18:38 +0100, D  wrote:   
      
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   >On Wed, 21 Feb 2024, Jeff Jonas wrote:   
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   >>> ... 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.   
      
   Isn't it something like that for Amtrak?   
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