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by akhilcacharya 2558 days ago
I took the NE Regional last weekend and I was honestly really impressed. The WiFi was fast enough, seat was comfortable and it was remarkably on time.

I'm planning a trip to NYC in a few weeks and I realized that LGA to midtown Manhattan costs about $50 via UberX each way the Acela ends up being as expensive or cheaper while still being faster!
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smacktoward 2558 days ago
Yeah, the Northeast Regional is a little slower than Acela, and the train cabins are a little dowdier, but other than that it's not bad either. And it can be significantly cheaper than Acela, so if you're not tightly scheduled it can be very attractive.
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magduf 2558 days ago
Yeah, flying in and out of NYC is a total PITA because there's no decent public transit to the airports, unlike in better-laid-out cities.
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