Good trains are the best of all worlds.
I’ve heard threats of “security” but am not aware of it being implemented yet, so the BS of airport security is I think still non-existent.
Unlike planes and buses, there is MUCH area in which to spread out, and walk about as you like. You simply cannot move from your seat in those other public vehicles. Also, there is MUCH more space in train seating than even the plane. There is also food served up - and with a dining car you’ll get something nice indeed.
Unlike cars, you don’t have to get exhausted driving yourself, you can do what you want while moving, and you don’t AS A RULE get caught in ANY jams (especially try that in a strange area - lots of luck finding a “shortcut” out of it). It’s comfortable and you get there about the time they schedule.
I love taking the train the few times I did. You arrive at your destination stress free...very comfortable seating..and once I had a private cabin but barely used it as everyone was in the lounge telling stories the entire night...went from Lorton Vir. to Orlando Fl. auto-train. Great trip in every way.
I second everything you’ve said. If you can afford the time, rail travel has so much going for it. Even for business travelers, your cell phone and wireless internet signals are almost always available. If only it was profitable enough that we could keep government from running it directly. (sigh)
While I was in college, for a number of reasons, I had to use public transportation in Boston. Walked when I could: it was that bad.
If, after thirty some odd years of working, trains are the best I could do, it’d be bailout time, there being nothing to be gained while being raped.
Still, enjoy, but don’t charge the rest of us for your fantasies. Also, pay the full bill without the mandatory tax support, since we who don’t want it and don’t use it shouldn’t be forced to pay for those who do.
Haven’t done a bus in years, but you really do need the area to spread out, since it’ll take you at least twice as long to get where you want/need to be. For those of us who have time constraints, we’ll use our cars.
Granted, I’m consulting on the road, and so have five or six hundred miles to transit most of the time, and I need to drag along enough stuff to populate an apartment, so my operational parameters aren’t likely to match yours: I don’t do “pleasure” travel.
As I said, enjoy, but leave the rest of us alone!