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07-11-2017 02:28 PM
I live in a semi rural area. Very few stores. I think the big shot store is a 7/11 about 2 miles away. No bus service of any kind. Average home has about 3 cars. KInd of like a giant suberb lost in a forest.
07-11-2017 03:08 PM
@151949 wrote:Amtrak does not go everywhere. Not in Pittsburgh.WE'd have to travel to DC - hundreds of miles away. Our closest Amtrak in Florida is in the City of Stewart - hundreds of miles away. So if it does not go everywhere - it's not a National rail system.
Europe does have a fabulous rail system and many Europeans do not own or need a car.
@151949 I didn't say it did. IT IS, HOWEVER our NATIONAL RAIL SYSTEM.
07-11-2017 03:10 PM
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States. Wikipedia
07-11-2017 03:13 PM
How can it be a NATIONAL rail system if it doesn't go to at least each major city in each state. Pa has 2 major cities Pittsburgh & phila. - it would need to go to them both at least, not to mention Harrisburgh , the state capital. And that ios just one state.
07-11-2017 03:14 PM
@151949 wrote:Amtrak does not go everywhere. Not in Pittsburgh.WE'd have to travel to DC - hundreds of miles away. Our closest Amtrak in Florida is in the City of Stewart - hundreds of miles away. So if it does not go everywhere - it's not a National rail system.
Europe does have a fabulous rail system and many Europeans do not own or need a car.
@151949 Perhaps you should google more or look up Amtrak's schedule! Amtrak DOES go to Pittsburgh!
07-11-2017 03:15 PM
We tried to come to Pittsburgh via Amtrak from Florida - we could not do it.
07-11-2017 03:18 PM
@151949 wrote:We tried to come to Pittsburgh via Amtrak from Florida - we could not do it.
You most likely will have to change trains in Philadelphia which by the way is a very nice station to have a layover.
07-11-2017 03:22 PM
@151949 wrote:How can it be a NATIONAL rail system if it doesn't go to at least each major city in each state. Pa has 2 major cities Pittsburgh & phila. - it would need to go to them both at least, not to mention Harrisburgh , the state capital. And that ios just one state.
I can't tell you why AMTRAK operates the way it does. GET OUT! I can only TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE. THERE IS NO OTHER RAIL SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. AMTRAK IS OUR NATIONAL RAIL SYSTEM. WRITE YOUR LEGISLATORS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT'S FUNDING. @151949. Next: get over it.
07-11-2017 03:34 PM - edited 07-11-2017 03:47 PM
The railway does not have to have the same name to be a part of the National Railway System.
You can get a train from several places in Florida to Washington and you know you can get from Washington to Pittsburgh!
Just because it is not one way, non-stop does not mean you can't get there from here!
07-11-2017 09:04 PM
@JaneMarple wrote:
@151949 wrote:We tried to come to Pittsburgh via Amtrak from Florida - we could not do it.
You most likely will have to change trains in Philadelphia which by the way is a very nice station to have a layover.
You certainly can. From 30th Street Station to Pittsburgh. One can google schedule and fares.
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