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Trains in Europe can get twice as much per fare as the price of gasoline is twice as high, if not more..... Amtrak fares reflect the price they can sell tickets at, which is a direct link to the prices of air travel and bus travel.....in America.....not Europe.... <br /> <br />Of course, the taxes on gasoline in Europe is much higher, paying for their train service too.... which is not the case here in America..... The Europeans actually have a modern up to date train service, running several trains daily as opposed to the obsolete daily train service in much of America..... <br /> <br />The key statistic is revenue miles..... The more frequency and the quicker the times the more revenue there is per mile...... <br /> <br />Its been my opinion, and its no secret in this forum, that we need to push on to HSR..... which will provide America a state of the art system with much more frequency than what we have now for the same number of equipment..... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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