I'm experiencing an anyeurism

“We want to be a middle man”

If this meant that Uber was actually investing in the U.S. passenger rail system, then I’d cheer them on. It doesn’t, though, so Uber can continue to suck my ass.

I can't help but imagine actually using Uber to call for a train and when it arrives, it's just some old-timey blind guy on one of those old-timey hand-carts singing prophetic songs about what your day is gonna be like.

Imagine if this actually worked like the main rideshare function. You order a ride in Roanoke and N&W 611 just rolls up to your doorstep.

I’m gonna play extreme geoguesser here, but is that bridge at Battersea park road/Queenstown road bridge, right near Battersea Park Station?

I'm not particularly fond of Uber's bussiness practices but if it is well integrated then it might encourage people who use Uber anyway to take a train instead of a car

How does that work? Like you put out a request and a conductor drives a locomotive to pick you up?

Fuck cars and fuck Uber but this sounds like a reaction to Lyft being integrated in the (excellent) Transit app

It's a pretty neat system they got, all you got to do is say "I like trains" in a monotone voice and BOOM! Train!

This appears to have been available since at least October last year - you can buy train tickets through the Uber app. Thread from another forum here.

They have e bikes on uber too, it's actually a pretty neat system.

Best I can figure is the train companies are using Uber as a system to sell tickets, instead of or in addition to their own system. Can anyone comment?