<story><title>The New Austrian Railways&apos; Intercity and Nightjet Sleeper Train Interior Design</title><url>https://www.priestmangoode.com/project/new-intercity-and-nightjet/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>legitster</author><text>Love that route. Also, on a train the ride is so much smoother - no starts or stop or dealing with traffic.&lt;p&gt;The pricing is nuts, though. A one way train ticket for that route is $36. The same trip via car takes about the same amount of time and $20 in gas. The train is a nice luxury for one person, but for the whole family it becomes very expensive.&lt;p&gt;Passenger rail in the US is absurd.</text></item><item><author>munificent</author><text>I recently took a train from Seattle to Portland with my family. One difference compared to flying that it took me a while to realize was how amazingly &lt;i&gt;quiet&lt;/i&gt; it is.&lt;p&gt;On a plane, the engines are &lt;i&gt;right there&lt;/i&gt; out on the wing screaming and conducting that sound directly into the airframe next to you. With a train, the engine is &lt;i&gt;way&lt;/i&gt; up front, hundreds of yards a way, separated by several linkages.&lt;p&gt;The end result is that a train car is as quiet as a coffee shop. I love it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ghaff</author><text>I guess I wouldn’t have thought that expensive for intercity travel. Certainly doesn’t strike me as such relative to shorter haul European trains I’ve taken.&lt;p&gt;And in the US, I’m a decent fraction of that ($13) just to take the commuter rail into the city one way.</text></comment>
<story><title>The New Austrian Railways&apos; Intercity and Nightjet Sleeper Train Interior Design</title><url>https://www.priestmangoode.com/project/new-intercity-and-nightjet/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>legitster</author><text>Love that route. Also, on a train the ride is so much smoother - no starts or stop or dealing with traffic.&lt;p&gt;The pricing is nuts, though. A one way train ticket for that route is $36. The same trip via car takes about the same amount of time and $20 in gas. The train is a nice luxury for one person, but for the whole family it becomes very expensive.&lt;p&gt;Passenger rail in the US is absurd.</text></item><item><author>munificent</author><text>I recently took a train from Seattle to Portland with my family. One difference compared to flying that it took me a while to realize was how amazingly &lt;i&gt;quiet&lt;/i&gt; it is.&lt;p&gt;On a plane, the engines are &lt;i&gt;right there&lt;/i&gt; out on the wing screaming and conducting that sound directly into the airframe next to you. With a train, the engine is &lt;i&gt;way&lt;/i&gt; up front, hundreds of yards a way, separated by several linkages.&lt;p&gt;The end result is that a train car is as quiet as a coffee shop. I love it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rebuilder</author><text>Unfortunately, compared to  Finland at least, that pricing seems pretty normal, maybe even on the cheap side. (It&amp;#x27;s apparently a roughly 5.5 h drive?)&lt;p&gt;Long-distance rail travel seems to be fairly expensive. Is that kind of trip cheaper somewhere comparable?</text></comment>