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It would be faster to bike from Denver to Minneapolis than to take a train there, which takes 81 hours longer than driving and requires two trains in the wrong direction (hexbear.net)

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I could literally bike across the Great Plains faster than a train and save enough money to buy a new bike. You first have to take the train to California, then to Oregon, and back halfway across the country.

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[–] Krem@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

Your best bet would I think be the Zephyr to Osceola, Iowa. Then you can get a bus (once a day) to Des Moines, from which there is a bus to Minneapolis twice a day.

I've taken long distance buses in many countries (none of them claiming to be the richest in the world) and I've never seen anything this sad. You have to jump through hoops to maybe get a chance to take the three required buses (that depart once or twice daily) to get from one regional capital to the other?