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   On Wed, 21 Feb 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > 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   
      
   True. I'm not a train aficionado so how does it work with all these   
   companies? After all, they all use the same track so how do they benefit   
   the consumer?   
      
   When it comes to how delayed I don't have any statistics. This winter   
   though had some -40 C days in northern sweden that killed all traffic due   
   to safety concerns. You don't want to have a broken car or train anywhere   
   when it's -40 C.   
      
   As for me, the best train service I ever had in sweden, was when I by   
   mistake ended up in the same train wagon as the ministers in the   
   government a decade ago. Everything was free, everyone was polite,   
   lightning quick service. I had no idea until I saw almost all government   
   ministers sitting around me.   
      
   I have no idea how I made it in there and why no one said anything, but   
   such is life!   
      
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