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[quote user="oltmannd"] [quote user="CSSHEGEWISCH"]At the risk of having my head handed to me, I have come to the conclusion that Amtrak would do a lot better if it gave up on long-haul service entirely and concentrated its assets and energy on the short- to medium-haul market, no runs longer than 400-500 miles with reasonably frequent service, not unlike what's evolved in California.  Work on operating a reasonably frequent service (3-4 trips a day in each direction) at first, and increase the average speed and frequency once a viable market has been established. [/quote]Welcome to the headless bunch! [xx(]The LD trains seem to be a political necessity.  Wouldn't it be nice, though, if enough corridors emerged and grew such that the LD trains only had to pay their way incementally and became a relatively insignificant portion of the over network?Seems like Amtrak is going to get a chance to become relevant.  Hope they don't blow it.[/quote]Amen!  Amtrak should get out of the long distance train business.  And in time the feds should get out of the passenger railroad business, which means Amtrak, as well as all forms of transport, should be required to stand on their own.  The users should tote the note at the pump or the ticket counter.If there is a market for long distance trains, the Great Southern Railway model in Australia is the way to go.  They get some subsidies from the Australian government.  I would modify the model.  No subsidies for long distance trains!
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