[Kon-Peki]

> In the US, South Bend Indiana to Chicago is only about 90 miles, but is scheduled for an hour, and has a 1 hour difference. Driving is far faster.

That's an interesting route. There is a direct Interstate connection, direct flight connections, and a direct passenger rail connection.

Driving is the fastest option, except when there is traffic and there is frequently traffic. 2.5 hours is not an unusual amount of time for the drive. Also, it feels like the interstate between the two cities is in a permanent state of construction.

The train is around 2-2.5 hours (and strangely the train station in South Bend is in the airport terminal), but there is currently construction along a lot of the route that when finished will shave 10-15 minutes off the time. There are more future improvements planned that will also reduce the time.

[iso1631]

It seems crazy to me that a 90 mile trip takes 2.5 hours by train! That's half the speed of the notoriously slow Bristol-Birmingham stopping route.

[Kon-Peki]

It makes a lot of stops and has a lot of very slow sections. And in one city, the line runs down the middle of a street - with no separation whatsoever (construction is underway to eliminate this)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shore_Line#/media/File...