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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater One thing to point out is that in Europe and Japan, unlike North America, the public uses the railways much more. Japan has the most heavily used passenger rail network in the world. In France and Germany there is the specific intention that high-speed rail will eventually eliminate domestic air travel entirely! In these countries the railways and airlines are working together. It's a shame the governments over here still put so much emphasis on air travel. [/quote] One reason the European public uses the railroad mcuh more because the level of service is so much greater than here in the United States. There are more trains going to more destinations, running at faster speeds, with better integration between rail and air service - all making travel by train more (or the most) convenient way to get where you are going. Here in America, we have a "skeletal" route structure, often with just one train a day between major destinations (or worse, no trains at all). Rail and air integration is poor, the trains - at best - move at a moderate pace and are too often late. So, it shouldn't be surprising that fewer people use them. If we want a better rail system it will require dedicated investment in infrastructure. There is, of course, a lot more to the issue than a simple "build it and they will come" approach, but you have to put the services in place before the passengers will show up. It just doesn't work the other way around.
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