moselman66
Service Attendant
In playing with a lot of schedules I run into the possibility of some pretty long daytime trips on existing or future routes. So my question...is that actually a desirable thing? Or would passengers prefer an overnight journey to a 16-18 hour "daytime" trip?
For example a "daytime" Capitol could in theory do something like this:
West
6:30am leave WAS
11:00pm arrive CHI
East
6:05am leave CHI
12:30am arrive WAS
This isn't specifically a city pair I have in mind but it's a good illustration of the general thing I'm asking about.
It's obviously a very long day end to end, but there is an actual bed on either end of the trip. And being on a train you're not pinned to your seat 97% of the time like an airplane. But on the flipside would most find it preferrable to pass the time sleeping over night, even in coach? Overnight saves the cost of a hotel room too unless you're buying a compartment of course. And overnight doesn't "waste a day" traveling.
Is there a fair consensus on long daytime trains as attractive or to be avoided? The Palmetto comes to mind as a real-life example for NYP-SAV -- a very long daytime trip versus the overnight Silver Meteor. It doesn't seem like the daytime Palmetto leaves the overnight Meteor in the dust for NYP-SAV travelers at first glance, but maybe there's a niche?
Thoughts or opinions?
For example a "daytime" Capitol could in theory do something like this:
West
6:30am leave WAS
11:00pm arrive CHI
East
6:05am leave CHI
12:30am arrive WAS
This isn't specifically a city pair I have in mind but it's a good illustration of the general thing I'm asking about.
It's obviously a very long day end to end, but there is an actual bed on either end of the trip. And being on a train you're not pinned to your seat 97% of the time like an airplane. But on the flipside would most find it preferrable to pass the time sleeping over night, even in coach? Overnight saves the cost of a hotel room too unless you're buying a compartment of course. And overnight doesn't "waste a day" traveling.
Is there a fair consensus on long daytime trains as attractive or to be avoided? The Palmetto comes to mind as a real-life example for NYP-SAV -- a very long daytime trip versus the overnight Silver Meteor. It doesn't seem like the daytime Palmetto leaves the overnight Meteor in the dust for NYP-SAV travelers at first glance, but maybe there's a niche?
Thoughts or opinions?