Todayās heavy rainful was enough to take the Pingxi Line out of service; there is no news that I can find indicating that the East Coast Line was affected.
Guy
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Talking about trains for the first time in 4 decades or so Caltrain got new trains
The new made for Caltrain by Stadler a hitherto small specialized Swiss train maker who is now bursting into the big train biz to compete with Siemens and Bombardier
Super nice all electric train
They had an inaugural weekend with free rides
I was on one was awesome
It runs from 4th and King in SF to San Jose
Very nice
And for the first time I took the Amtrak to Sacramento and back to visit a bud of mine
Itās my second time on Amtrak
The trains are very nice double deckers like the Caltrain and the engine is made by Siemens . They are diesel electrics and much of the US is not electrified
Wonder why Taiwan trains are not double deckers ? Probably coz the tunnels are not made for them
Not sure of its that efficient because much of the bottom deck is taken up by stairs but itās cool
To sit on the top deck
Oh and exciting for me the L taraval that runs close to my house underwent a five year hiatus when they ripped up all the old track including the foundation and replaced
All that
Finally running on sept 28
I prefer taking those streetcars rather than
The bus
Those cars are about 50pct the old ones by Pininfarina and the other half much newer Siemens streetcars
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KLM to Ocean Beach! 
Those were the days.
Guy
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Only the N Judah and the L taraval goes to Ocean Beach
Technically the L goes to the zoo which is by ocean beach but the N actually says Ocean Beach as itās final stop on one end
The other end is 4th and King Caltrain station
The M goes by Stones Town and ends up at a Bart station I forget which which also joins the J church streetcars as well as the K
I donāt usually go in that direction
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Right! Rusty memory.
N Judah to the beach it is. Then a nice walk, and the L back to city.
Guy
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You need to visit again !!!
Cheap flights on Starlux for about 900 round trip
As they want to take biz from EVA
I should
Do that too in reverse
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I like the sound of that price war. Though from Taiwan, typically itās United with its double daily service from TPE - SFO that comes in cheapest (still not worth it in my humble opinionāIād love to try Starlux).
Guy
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United uses 30 year old rust buckets and has the service level approaching Aeroflot
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Oh the the stews are 60 year old grannies
Nothing to
Look at Sonny !!
Sssh I shouldnāt say that as I might end up on one for the price Iām cheap like that
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We donāt have the HSR so this is how we would train to LA
According to a friend who is working on the California high speed rail, trains will run sometimes in the 2030s.
I seen double deckers in Germany, I think there used to be double decker buses in Taiwan. I donāt know why theyāre not in style in Taiwan. Maybe because thereās no need?
Really?
I was only like 7 years old back then. But I vaguely remember seeing it.
The Taipei tourist bus has a open upper deck.
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This is a thread about Taiwan Railways in the Taiwan Travel forum. Could you please at least make a comparison between trains in Taiwan and California? If not, I will throw the above posts into Temp.
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And this thread is also not about busesā¦
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Well you guys all know how great the HSR is and itās no effort to go north to south on it but what if there isnāt ? We have this in Calif
Thereās your comparison
Talking about Taiwanās high-speed rail, it seems that high-speed rail being so extremely expensive really can only be economical in very densely populated areas
Theyāve always been talking about a high-speed rail between SF and LA, but itās probably not enough population wise to make it work because of the expense at this point in time
There is a private consortium thatās working on electric high-speed rail between Las Vegas and somewhere quite close to the LA area but one would have to transfer to local trains after it gets pretty close to the LA area . This one seems to be finally getting off the ground and will become reality And thatās called the bright line and they already have one line running somewhere in Florida seems to be working out pretty good if this rail line becomes a success that would add more weight to having one from San Francisco to the LA area, but that could be many years in the future possibly decades possibly never
Really? Iām about to look up flights to SF in January and would love to try out Starlux.
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Ticket prices vary daily and may be different sfo to tpe and back versus tpe to sfo and back
But I almost booked a flight a couple months ago for 900 round trip from sfo to tpe and back
On Starlux
Would be great to try them too