Same reason we just can’t have other nice things - liberals.
Willie Green is that you?
Obviously because the republikkrats want the trains to crash killing poor folks. Thus, they wish to further defund amtrak.
America does. It is called the Gravy Train.
Teens.
Our trains run far slower and to far fewer cities and towns now than they ran in the 1920s!
the answer is because there aren’t enough Americans that want to ride trains and trains don’t go where Americans need to go.
Privatize AmTrak. That’ll fix things up real quick.
The railroad employees around here have a better retirement and perks than anyone that works for the government or other private industry. The bigger the number of employees on the retirement dole, the less efficient the company or utility is.
We have the finest cargo train capacity in the world. Our passenger trains, however, are not up to par. We simply drive here, and there are various other reasons they ‘compromise’ advancements in passenger train capacity: private property, etc.
Not read the article, but when I was a kid it was said the Teamsters union was the root of the train system demise.
LOL, due to Govt involvement, next question.
the US Government could spend $10 Trillion on trains, and they wouldn’t work properly.
As usual, the Leftist media will blame the Republicans’ for failure to fund Amtrack adequately, causing the Phycrash. But no amount of money would have prevented it, if it was going 100 mph in a 50 mph curve. It’s another failure of government to run things properly.
It’s not mysterious. Of the major ways to travel significant distances trains are the worst (buses are less pleasant, but way cheaper) for the consumer, and very high in overhead. Which makes it undesirable and unprofitable and without Nixon creating a federal one would have evaporated long ago.
Can anyone tell me - why don’t rail companies in the USA, who own the tracks and rights-of-way (especially the majors) operate passenger service?
One would think they could make mint, especially for East-Coast cities or densely populated areas.
Biggest reason is Amtrack takes a back seat to all other rail traffic. The other rail companies own the lines not the government as the case for highway routes.
It costs about $90 to take Amtrak from Pittsburgh to New York City ($180 round trip), and the last time I was on one it was 1/3 full (daytime). If they were to try to match ticket price to demand like airlines do, they could actually fill them and make a profit, instead of losing money on over-priced seats. I would love to ride to NYC for $45 but will balk at $90. Try some creative pricing! I don’t need to get there in a hurry, so don’t do 100 ti make up time, either.