Try these on for size:
1. Unions
2. America's urban areas are too distant from each other
3. Americans prefer to have a vehicle that takes them ALL the way to their destination, not simply within a few miles.
4. Government subsidies
What’s the main reasons TRAINS do not make money?
They are almost always full.
They sell ya $2 of food for $8.
Try these on for size:
1. Unions
2. America’s urban areas are too distant from each other
3. Americans prefer to have a vehicle that takes them ALL the way to their destination, not simply within a few miles.
4. Government subsidies
No.1 is the main reason. I travel by train often, long distance as well. I live close to an Amtrak station and got sick of airport security lines and the cramped airplane seats. I have never been on a train that was less than 3/4 full. In fact the trains are typically sold out. Pensions are crippling the costs.