Arriving Now: Fast Passenger Trains From Miami to Orlando (www.nytimes.com)

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Brightline will make the trip in three and a half hours, with round-trip tickets starting at $158.

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[-] scala@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anyone have a Non paywalled article?

That price seems pretty steep, compared to the $8 worth of tolls and $20-30 worth of gas and around the same time it takes.

[-] mars296@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Yes the pricing is not for locals. Its for tourists that fly in. Lots of people fly in for Disney in Orlando and Miami for beaches or cruises. Now a tourist can hit both cities without flying again or renting a car.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are a lot more costs to a car besides gas and tolls that add to the cost of that trip. But even besides that, you get to take 3.5 hours of your life back doing things that you can't do while you're driving.

[-] zoe@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://archive.ph/PU4Nd

it could have been cheaper if it were mass adopted and subsidized enough

edit: u'r the one who like to travel 1200km by car in one leg lol ? cause ur username felt familiar

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