Mr. President, when you get a mo, would you freaking DELIVER US FROM AMTRAK?!?
Pretty please? 😄
If it weren't for AMTRAK, there'd be no passenger service at all.
There's nowhere near enough traffic for a private company to replace AMTRAK profitably.
Regional commuter trains in places like Chicago are the only exceptions, and even those are subsidized by regional governments.
Freight was always the money maker in railroads. Passenger service was damaged by the interstate highway system.
You think Amtrak is what is holding back US passenger rail?
In a couple of years we are supposed to have a bullet train going from Miami to Orlando in just 28 minutes!
Passenger rail service only works in heavily populated areas for short distances.
If there were a financial reason for high speed rail travel, it would have been done.
Much like 'wind power', without tax payer cash, passenger rail service in the US, will not exist.
Railroads move goods long distances and make a profit because it makes business sense. Capitalism kills the weak and rewards the strong.