I don't see anything in the article about Trirail's cost, other than the platform boondoggle. 10% fare recovery is not acceptable beyond a startup phase of a year or two. What is trirail's load factor? Implied in the previous post was that Brightline has lower operating cost than Trirail, which you would expect if they are paying crew to operate two trains for 100 minutes vs 1 train for 70!! Wonder how Trirail wages compare to Brightline private-sector. This is probably the only place in america where we can directly compare public sector and private sector costs. But if fares remain 1:5 for the same trip Trirail will eventually put Brightline out of business.
BandA wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:50 pm I don't see anything in the article about Trirail's cost, other than the platform boondoggle. 10% fare recovery is not acceptable beyond a startup phase of a year or two. What is trirail's load factor? Implied in the previous post was that Brightline has lower operating cost than Trirail, which you would expect if they are paying crew to operate two trains for 100 minutes vs 1 train for 70!! Wonder how Trirail wages compare to Brightline private-sector. This is probably the only place in america where we can directly compare public sector and private sector costs. But if fares remain 1:5 for the same trip Trirail will eventually put Brightline out of business.Between 2018 and September 2023, Brightline was pretty much just an expensive TriRail, and it still did impressive numbers then.
Brightline is also not meant to be TriRail, it has far more reach/distance than TriRail, and even if it was meant to be just a commuter line, it still gets to destinations considerably faster than TriRail. Not sure what delays are like on TriRail, but I'd imagine Brightline is better about that too