Jacob Passy
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580 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2017
last heard Jan 2025
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WSJ Your Money Briefing · All Aboard! More Travelers Choose Trains Over Cars and Planes · 2 Aug 2024
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And that route is in the Pacific Northwest from Oregon up through Vancouver in Canada.
And then down in Florida, there is Brightline, which is its own whole thing separate from Amtrak.
It's a privately owned rail operator.
And they've essentially doubled their ridership over the past year, in part because they launched a new route to Orlando.
But that rail operator has over a million riders so far this year.
Brightline's a great example of this.
Since they have introduced this new service to Orlando, they have had to significantly increase their fares.
Prior to that, they solely were operating in South Florida and functionally were acting as a commuter rail in a major sense.
But now that they are more of a long-distance rail provider, they've had to increase fares for folks who are taking shorter journeys.
So their fares have certainly risen.
With Amtrak, the pricing fluctuates based on demand.
And so you definitely see the popular routes having fares rise, especially during popular travel days.
But in a lot of cases, it is still a pretty affordable option for folks.
Again, that varies depending on where you're traveling to.
Generally, folks think it's fairly comparable.
Brightline is a good example of that.
The trips from Orlando to South Florida, again, they vary in price, but they are, generally speaking, about in line with a similar airfare from a low-cost carrier.
Cross-country trains are going to be more expensive than short-distance trains.
You can get
Amazing deals, though.
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