Why do trains in the US take so long?

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3d wrote:
Ten years ago NYC Penn Station renovated the men and women bathrooms by the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) waiting area.

The cost?
$5,000,000.00

FIVE MILLION dollars to renovate 2 bathrooms. I can't.

How about $11,000,000 for a pedestrian overpass that nobody uses because it connects up with basically nothing...

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article79668157.html

[NewtonMP2100]

....train to nowhere.....??