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VentureForth
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Thank you to everyone who responded - this is hugely helpful information. After doing a little math, it seems a rail pass is worth it...
Thursday at 7:02 PM
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Brightline is banking that with trains slam full, folks who would pass on the train over that will cost them less revenue than the wrap...
Thursday at 2:37 PM
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Makes you wonder which pays more? Ad revenue or passenger revenue? Hey empty trains make cool moving billboards.
Thursday at 2:37 PM
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It's really dissapointing that Brightline doesn't understand that people want to look out the windows. You can wrap trains all you want...
Thursday at 2:35 PM
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Indeed, I have been on a morning Hikari from Osaka to Hiroshima, crammed like sardines. Was a bit surprised. Never made it into the...
Thursday at 2:34 PM
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Japanese trains are usually very precisely on time. In our one trip to Japan, in 2005, we had at one point an 8 minute connection...
Nov 22, 2023
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One of our Members, VentureForth, lived in Japan and is very familiar with the Rail systems. I suggest that you PM him, he's very...
Nov 22, 2023
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Having the Suica on iPhone was awesome when I went in 2018, it meant I could put money on the (virtual) card using the built-in Wallet...
Nov 22, 2023
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Having given this a bit more thought: (1) The "projections" for Q4 '23 are already demonstrably off. With 1/3 of the quarter in...
Nov 22, 2023
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OK. The surcharge to ride Nozomi with the new JR Rail Pass prices is an additional ¥4,950 ($33 if this awesome exchange rate holds)...
Nov 22, 2023
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I've been looking at trying to do that - probably BL to FLL then fly back to MCO. If everything is on time, you should be OK, but it's...
Nov 22, 2023
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Can they/Are they planning to phase these in - one at a time, mid-day trains first, slowly increasing capacity rather than all at once...
Nov 22, 2023
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That would be OK if only they would refrain from actually selling them as window seats. This is misleading marketing. A seat with no...
Nov 22, 2023
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Hey there. Got your IM. Thanks for reaching out. I just got this but I'll be traveling tomorrow so may have more time to work this out...
Nov 21, 2023
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I'd be happy to see some sort of Train Status page. IIRC, they used to in the WPB - MIA days. Honestly love Tri-Rail's live GPS...
Nov 20, 2023
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