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Originally Posted by omnivore
I'm not sure I'm applying logic. I'm just making an observation. Can you think of any successful ferries in the US that don't meet the criteria I outlined?
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no, I think they are pretty good observations for any service and there is some good underlying logic.
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Originally Posted by omnivore
I'm not an expert, but my instinct tells me that people would be more likely to take a passenger train to Cape May for 3 reasons: 1) it could potentially be faster than driving, 2) it could potentially serve points along the way, like Vineland if it follows the highway, or other shore points, which would give other sources of traffic, and 3) it would go downtown-->downtown, which would be much more useful for carless shoregoers, who after a couple of hours on a boat probably wouldn't be in much of a mood to monkey around with jitneys.
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that's a good point, although a ferry would drop you off at the harbor I'd imagine...not the car ferry terminal) but a train coudl take you to any of the intermediate points. However, I think what has killed the AC line (or made it sucha dog) is that it's trip time is terrible. it's 90 min, runs infrequently, and it's what, 75 min to drive?