I’m looking at this and it’s so sad. Not just that several states lack lines altogether, but… The existing lines lack some obvious interconnections. Where’s the OKC to Albuquerque line? Or even El Paso to Albuquerque. Get those two long distinct lines connected! Similarly, a shortcut to Denver from the line that goes through KC and Albuquerque? And I think Jacksonville should get direct lines to Atlanta and New Orleans.
There’s so much that could be improved here with just a few tens of thousands of miles. Focus on better interconnections between the already existing routes first because it improves mobility for more people with fewer railroads to build, then build routes to cities currently completely unserviced (actually both should be done at the same time, just a bigger focus on the former early on)
Now I just need to know when and where Amtrak still operates. Because it ain’t around here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes
I’m looking at this and it’s so sad. Not just that several states lack lines altogether, but… The existing lines lack some obvious interconnections. Where’s the OKC to Albuquerque line? Or even El Paso to Albuquerque. Get those two long distinct lines connected! Similarly, a shortcut to Denver from the line that goes through KC and Albuquerque? And I think Jacksonville should get direct lines to Atlanta and New Orleans.
There’s so much that could be improved here with just a few tens of thousands of miles. Focus on better interconnections between the already existing routes first because it improves mobility for more people with fewer railroads to build, then build routes to cities currently completely unserviced (actually both should be done at the same time, just a bigger focus on the former early on)
Yup. I regularly have to travel flagstaff to Denver, and it would take me over two days to make the trip.
This is just Amtrak. There’s a lot more rail lines than Amtrak.
Theoretically, you can still do NY to LA?
New York to Louisiana? Sure can! (jk jk)
Pathetic
I really is. 34,000km vs 200,000km for the EU. An area of comparable size and population. Germany alone has about as much as the US.