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<p>[quote]There is no market to speak of anymore for overnight business travel by train in the US.  That's why that service disappeared in the first place.   I very much doubt that one could be re-established.   Overnight travel by coach is more of a possibility but bus service tends to have control of that market due to ticket prices.[/quote]</p><p>U.S. is not different from any other country in terms of travel preference.  Whether a person travels from New York to Toronto, or Berlin to Madrid, or New Delhi to Mumbay, or Minsk to Moscow, a convenient way of travel is always what it is - a convenient way of travel.  Intercity buses can never compete with trains by comfort.  Whoever claims otherwise has either never ridden a passenger train, or simply doesn't know what s/he is talking about.  It's a good question why business-oriented overnight medium-distance train services in this country have been phased out for the most part.  But it was probably NOT due to a lack of demand.  In general, the reason why passenger rail in the U.S. is inferior to its foreign counterparts has nothing to do with demand.  The problem is unwillingness of the government to share as much of the cost of train travel as it does with other modes.  Also, it can simply be something Amtrak management overlooks.  Nobody says Amtrak is perfect.  They do make mistakes.  Another change Amtrak should implement, I believe, is to make the New York-Miami and New York-New Orleans long-distance trains open to passengers who travel within the Northeast Corridor.  Currently, a train can be running 80% emply from NYC to Philadelphia, then about 50% empty to DC, until it finally fills up.  On the way back, a train can unload a good deal of its passengers in DC and Philadelphia and arrive in New York with just about 20% of its capacity.  Allowing NE-corridor passengers to ride these trains can save Amtrak a lot of money!  </p>
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