>Covering the 50k should be easy. Its $136.98 a day so with one round trip a day its $68.50 each way.
Indeed, if they were to charge $8 a ticket for one-way and $15 for two-way they would need to average only 10 tickets per day to turn a little profit.
Don’t forget the cost of carbon offsets.
It will pull 10 cars. They cover the 50k easily just on weekends. Trains are a passion for many,especially the old steam driven ones.