# Help me find a thread - travelling far on public transit

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**Created:** [August 8, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread-travelling-far-on-public-transit/193789 "2003-08-08T07:01:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread-travelling-far-on-public-transit/193789/1 "2003-08-08T07:01:03Z")

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Several months ago there was a thread that asked how far you could go on public or commercial rail or transit or something. I don’t remember exactly what the criteria were, which is making it very difficult to search for. I seem to remember somebody saying they could get from Boston to Washington in about 22 hours. I believe it was in General Questions, but I can’t be sure.

I did find [this thread from Nov 2002](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144226) which mentions the thread I’m looking for. Specifically, **dtilque** says he can’t find it. **panamajack** adds this, but it’s not enough for me to find it:

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> I believe the older thread restricted itself to light rail (no Amtrak or buses) – I think the answer involved some route that nearly made it from Baltimore to Boston, with just a ferry trip in there maybe.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread-travelling-far-on-public-transit/193789/2 "2003-08-08T07:17:49Z")

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[How far could one travel via commuter rail?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128579)

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread-travelling-far-on-public-transit/193789/3 "2003-08-08T07:26:47Z")

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Yes, I believe that is it. It looks like I misremembered the answer. Thank you very much. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread-travelling-far-on-public-transit/193789/4 "2003-08-08T23:32:03Z")

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Quite a while back, someone did an article on traveling from Tijuana to Vancouver on transit. The route was arduous and inconvenient, involving, IIRC, a few dead spots where they had to do a fair bit of walking.

I vaguely remember this being published in AAA’s “Via” magazine around five years ago.