Train vs. Plane
This is old hat for you lucky ducks who can regularly travel by train (that would be the East Coast, I image). But I’m still impressed by train travel. Some things I noticed today, traveling from Philly to Baltimore:
Good
1. Unloading and loading passengers is extremely fast: the entire process taDrkes like 5 minutes. Reason: lots of exits (2 per car). So the train pulls in (on time in my case), people get off, people get on, and 5 minutes later the train pulls out. No long wait to load, no struggling with suitcases: lots and lots of overhead luggage space.
2. The distance you must walk from stepping off the train to a cab (or the reverse direction) is trivial: a 3-minute walk at most. No long treks from the south 40 to the main terminal.
3. Other advantages already mentioned.
Drawbacks
You have to push open the doors to the terminal—but they are easy to open.
