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[quote user="henry6"] [quote user="Phoebe Vet"] . That last sentence says it all.  To fit with people's travel needs it must go where people need to go at the times people need to go.  One train a day going in one direction only will not get Amtrak into the transportation mainstream. [/quote]\ For Amtrak to succeed:  Add: service and marketing.big time Remove: politicians and politics big time.  [/quote] Had it not been for the politicians most intercity passenger trains in the U.S. would have died a little noticed death in the late 1960s or early 1970s.  A few corridor trains might have survived, e.g. New York to Washington, LA to San Diego, etc., but most of the long distance network would have been history. Amtrak is a political creature that has drained more than $25 billion from the national treasury since its inception.  If it went away, without a national or regional government replacement, there would be little significant intercity passenger train service outside of the NEC, California, and Illinois corridors.
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