notbob wrote:
>
> On 2011-05-11, sf > wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 May 2011 10:24:59 -0500, "Pete C." >
>
> >> I tried taking Amtrak once and only once. I will never consider taking
> >> it ever again it is such a horribly overpriced, inefficient and
> >> miserable excuse for transit.
>
> Don't know where you traveled, or what line, but I take Amtrak all the
> time. Slow? Yes. Overpriced? Depends. You get a room, yes, but
> that includes 3 meals per day on overnighters. Non-meal coach? I can
> bring my daughter and her two granddaughters out here on a 2000 mi
> round trip for $175. You tell me what is cheaper, including a car.
> More room to park yer ass than my living room. Relaxed. Conducive to
> meeting new ppl. I've flown a plane once in 35 yrs. It was like
> traveling in a body bag. Never again.
>
> > Which is why it need to be improved.
>
> Agreed. I've heard minor improvements. Can't beat the price with a
> stick.

I did Hartford, CT to NYC and back, and it was absolute crap. I would
never in a million years consider taking a train long distance. I fly
regularly and have yet to have a flight that was remotely as bad as that
Amtrak POS.