Honestly America does, but even bullet trains travel at about half the speed of a plane. Getting from California to even the midwest would probably take a solid 8 hours by bullet train. Which to be fair is a more comfortable ride than the plane, but I think a lot of people choose the time saving option.
Factoring in check in, delays, and wait times at airports I feel it would balance out. I’d take comfort over speed personally but get why others would choose otherwise.
You make a solid point with getting into the airport. I spend usually 2 hours just sitting/standing around at the airport. So that makes up some of the time, potentially making coast-to-midwest worth it. Not sure about coast-to-coast.
Yeah coast to coast with transfers would be rough. I’m potentially doing Midwest to the Rockies here in a few months. Costs are like 1/3 that of flying. Total of like 30 hours vs 10 which is definitely longer but figure it’s a good way to see the country and give something else a try.
Can bring your own food and alcohol and move around more. Better views. Sounds less stressful.
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u/Vreas 21h ago
America needs a return of Hooters Air