ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 9 months agoPassenger trains in the United States vs Europei.redd.itimagemessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareBloefz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoAlso I read that in the US Amtrak gives priority to cargo trains even though laws exist expressly forbidding that, so that a 200km trip with no stops ends up taking 4 hours.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThat’s true - they do this by making their trains longer than the sidings. You’d think they’d make that illegal, but no. Political failures are incredibly common in the world of rail
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoAh. That’s why the US trains are always stupidly long. It’s not economics. It legal.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIts also so they can use less crews to run trains. A 2 person crew can run a long train that otherwise would require 2 or even 3 crews.
Also I read that in the US Amtrak gives priority to cargo trains even though laws exist expressly forbidding that, so that a 200km trip with no stops ends up taking 4 hours.
That’s true - they do this by making their trains longer than the sidings.
You’d think they’d make that illegal, but no. Political failures are incredibly common in the world of rail
Ah. That’s why the US trains are always stupidly long. It’s not economics. It legal.
Its also so they can use less crews to run trains. A 2 person crew can run a long train that otherwise would require 2 or even 3 crews.