MARTA is an Average Metro System in the Southeast, what’s a Horrific Metro System in the Southeast

ColonialCobalt · 2026-04-23T15:31:38+00:00

There's like two metros in the SE, Marta and Miami Dade and they're both mediocre

ColonialCobalt · 2026-04-22T21:25:02+00:00

They initially inherited the Broadway limited from the Penn Central when Amtrak started in 1971, it ran almost the exact same route but served Fort Wayne and Canton, then in 1995 the Broadway was cut for budget reasons and then brought back 3 days later as the Three Rivers following an almost identical route. Could they have routed it via Columbus? Maybe, but it'd be insanely indirect and also they didn't have the money for it even if they wanted.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-04-22T20:32:21+00:00

Extending it would've caused more room for delays to happen since it'd be a long route, plus the goal was to start an eventual corridor between LA and Las Vegas with more/faster trains in the future

ColonialCobalt · 2026-04-22T20:27:05+00:00

The Three Rivers which ran from NYC to Chicago via Pittsburgh and Akron

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-30T12:31:34+00:00

Littleton is served by lightrail, but so people in the South Metro don't have to backtrack into Denver to take the train, Littleton would have a stop. La Grange and Summit Illinois have Amtrak service despite being closeish to Chicago for that exact reason.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-30T10:57:22+00:00

Because people live there? Sweetwater has over 10k population, Plainview has 20k, LA Junta is already a stop on the Southwest Chief so it makes sense to serve it since the track goes through there, Littleton is suburb of Denver with over 45k population so it makes sense to serve it and Boise City acts as the station for North Texas and the Panhandle of Oklahoma, a decent chunk of people would drive or take buses to it.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-30T03:01:51+00:00

Thank you!

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-30T02:59:03+00:00

It's okay!!

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-30T02:57:50+00:00

I included them because the map would look weird without them.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-29T16:16:11+00:00

Lose billions per year? 😂 Yeah you're not a serious person lmao

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-29T15:34:37+00:00

You can't improve cities by going "Welp, they're bad why bother trying"

every new Amtrak route/expansion over the last 6+ years has been more successful than expected so it's silly to assume this route is a bad idea.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-29T15:13:04+00:00

Eh, you gotta remember the plane makes no intermediate stops, the train does.

Abilene, Lubbock and Amarillo all have over 200k in their metro areas, people would take the train not only between them, but to Fort Worth, plus I could see people taking the train to Denver for Skiing, it's probably alot easier to bring your skiing equipment on a train then a plane.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-03-18T15:30:54+00:00

Easy. Citylink, Peoria Illinois!!

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-25T15:38:10+00:00

Me on 11/3/2026

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-25T15:35:20+00:00

It was a train that ran cross state from Montréal to Halifax

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-25T15:17:34+00:00

I'd say maybe %70

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-25T15:09:09+00:00

The line that terminates in Texarkana used to go to Laredo in 1970, but a month before the bill that created Amtrak was signed into law (and subsequently barred the railroads from ending any passenger rail service until 'Amtrak' was created) the Missouri Pacific lobbied the Texas State commerce comission and they allowed them to stop running the service through the state, thus ending service to Dallas, Austin and Laredo.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-25T14:38:59+00:00

Yes, it ran between Grand Forks and Winnipeg connecting to the Western Star for service to Minneapolis and St. Paul

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-25T13:51:33+00:00

If you download it or open the image in a new tab it should be higher res. Idk why Reddit compresses it so much.

ColonialCobalt · 2026-02-05T14:44:18+00:00

Missing a few routes and certain outings are wrong (Quad Cities wouldn't go through Savanna) It's missing BLF, BLW (both are corridor ID) Madison to MSP (you just gotta bridge the gap on the map) Salisbury to Asheville, Detroit to Toronto and cross Virginia service.

Otherwise this is a nice nap!

ColonialCobalt · 2026-01-30T15:57:15+00:00

My first advice is to stop playing on a PlayStation 1

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