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[quote user="Maglev"] In fact, the train was a refuge.  Mom, sis, and aunt detrained in Toccoa, GA, so your travel time comparison brings up the point that not everyone lives in an airport "hub" city.  Many people live in and travel to places where it is many miles to a "feeder" city. For many, a typical flying experience would have meant getting to New Orleans Airport two hours early, a flight to Atlanta, another flight to Greensville, then a drive to a final destination.  Where is the big benefit over an all-day train trip? [/quote] In FY 2007 more than 678 million people flew on U.S. commercial airlines.  During the same period Amtrak carried approximately 25.8 million passengers, 85 per cent of whom rode its corridor trains.  Less than 15 per cent rode the long distance trains.  Each long distance rider received an average taxpayer subsidy of approximately $144 or 22.06 cents a mile. All you have to do to get the passenger trains that you appear to want is convince millions of people to climb aboard, which is unlikely to happen; and get the government, which is strapped by a large debt burden, to pony up much more in the way of subsidies. Long distance passenger trains make as much sense in this day and age as trans oceanic sailing ships.
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