If they want to survive, they need to break even or make a profit.
Or, if it is sooooo important, the State or local governments need to subsidize them, not the Federales.
Everything you need to know about the Federal Boondoggle known as Amtrak can be found in Iowa Pacific’s recent foray operating the “Hoosier State” train.
They spent millions redoing the train, and providing services, resulting in increasing ridership and ratings, only to see it wrecked by Amtrak and it’s unions.
They finally gave up on it a couple of months ago, because Amtrak was getting the lion’s share of revenue, while IP was paying all of the bills.