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Rail Travel

Rail Travel. Objectives. Recall the history of the rail Describe AMTRAK Service Contrast train service in the United States with that of other countries List the benefits of the Eurailpass and other rail passes Note famous rail routes throughout the world. Train History.

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Rail Travel

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  1. Rail Travel

  2. Objectives • Recall the history of the rail • Describe AMTRAK Service • Contrast train service in the United States with that of other countries • List the benefits of the Eurailpass and other rail passes • Note famous rail routes throughout the world

  3. Train History • Thomas Cook-father of mass tourism got his start with organizing a train trip • Train industry would have been impossible without the invention of the steam and diesel engines • George Pullman-Pullman sleeping cars • Fred Harvey-first to offer food in the depots for travelers to get decent food while on trips • William F Allen-Father of Standard Time, put into place the Railway Standard Time

  4. Train History • Every major train service involved in the establishment of the National Park System • The development of the gasoline engine contributed to the demise of the train industry as the primary form of travel in the US

  5. Domestic Passenger Train • Amtrak-formed by the federal government in 1970 to take over passenger services from the railways • In first 30 years in business, US government invested $11 billion into Amtrak compared to $750 billion into the aviation and highway system • Amtrak is NOT profitable, nor has it ever been profitable

  6. Amtrak • 24,000 miles in 44 states • Some routes profitable, but many are not • Carry less than 1% of long-distance passengers • Commuter train industry has been profitable

  7. Amtrak • Unreserved standard coach • Two reclining seats • Pull down trays • Deluxe coach • Comfortable daytime accommodations • Sleeping cars • 10 roomettes and 6 bedrooms • Roomette A • Slightly larger single bedroom with toilet • Bedroom • Designed for 2 with foldaway beds • Separate bathroom with toilet and sink

  8. Railways and Rail Lines in US • Amtrak • Alaska Railroad • Conrail • Pacific Sunliner (San Diego – Los Angeles) • Cascades (Oregon – Vancouver) • Coast Starlight (LA – Seattle) • American Orient Express

  9. Benefits to Rail Travel • Scenery • Space for self and possessions • Freedom of movement • Lower costs for unreserved coach than air travel • Convenient center-city stations • Alternative to people who do not like to fly • Fewer weather delays

  10. Great Train Trips Around the World • Bergen to Oslo - Norway • Trans-Siberian Express – world’s longest continuous rail line at 5600 miles connecting Moscow to Vladivostok • The Copper Canyon – In Mexico going through a series of 12 gorges with views comparable to the Grand Canyon • Indian Rail – used by 11 million people daily in India (created by the British when they occupied India)

  11. Copper Canyon

  12. Great Train Trips Around the World • Japan Rail – Bullet trains of Shinkansen lines that do not deviate from the schedule more than 15 seconds • Indian-Pacific Railways – Longest stretch of straight track in the world in Australia • The Blue Train – Pretoria to Cape Town in South Africa • Egyptian Rail – between Cairo and Luxur with superior service that runs along the Nile

  13. Future Trains • Maglev – currently being developed that uses magnetic levitation so that nothing is between the train wheels and the tracks but air • Expected to travel more than 300 mph in the future but not that fast now • China has opened TransRapid that travels 20 miles in 7 minutes

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