These trains are quite successful and compete with low cost airlines on some long-distance routes.

Couples opt to go the long-distance route for a variety of reasons.

If Congress wants long-distance routes, it should find a way to finance them.

The move takes the average price of a single ticket on long-distance routes to £21.18.

Most of its long-distance routes were fully booked on Monday.

Even more long-distance routes will be added later in the spring and during the summer.

Its goal was to map out a long-distance route that could be entirely covered on the longest day of the year, about June 22.

Extra capacity on long-distance routes is provided by running pairs of 5-car sets coupled together.

Cuts announced last week amount to more than 20 percent of the train miles, and concentrate heavily on long-distance routes.

A recent development has been to open a long-distance route for cyclists and walkers.