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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,869 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 12:48 PM Jul 2022

It was the cost for me to drive from DC to NJ & back than it was to take @Amtrak , alone ...

It was ½ the cost for me to drive from DC to NJ & back than it was to take
@Amtrak
, alone, w/ these gas prices, including parking all day long, for just the NE Regional.

That's a total failure of policy & finance. If ever there's a trip that should be cheaper by rail, that's it.



Good luck with this:

We should be running 16 car EMU trainsets for every Amtrak train on the Northeast Corridor.


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