by bdawe
Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 1:50 pm You don't need an overnight Pennsylvanian; according to Amtrak, it's a "9 hour 20 minute" trip. That wouldn't make sense, even point to point. Barely time to put on lounge pants...I'd like to think that an 8-9 hour sleeper could achieve some meaningful economies if you could structure it on the assumption of "everyone is going straight to bed" ie don't have to have attendants swap the chairs into beds just have it set up as beds at the get-go, and "eat off the train" so just a cafe for some snacks, or dare I say it an automat.
In that case, perhaps you could deliver a low-enough cost sleeper service for this to operationally pencil, though you still have the low-utilization problem
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