Map Enthusiasts

5292 readers

17 users here now

For the map enthused!

Rules:

post relevant content: interesting, informative, and/or pretty maps
be nice

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

zksmk@sopuli.xyz

garfaagel@sh.itjust.works

822

Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe (i.redd.it)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

194 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 21 points 3 weeks ago (24 children)

It also doesn't acknowledge that a lot of that is just empty space. The US is ranked 180 of 242 nations in population density.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density

The US rail system has been bastardized since its inception, but this map is basically useless. The UK has 7x the population density as the US.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago

It also doesn't acknowledge that a lot of that is just empty space.

Yes, we have a lot of empty space, but we have very few N/S passenger trains out west.

For example, a train from Albuquerque to Denver is a 45 hour one way ride because you have to go to Chicago from Albuquerque, then back to Denver. This is a 6 hour drive. There is also nothing from El Paso to Albuquerque. However this does not show the train from Belen to Santa Fe that goes through Albuquerque.

load more comments (23 replies)