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Too bad Dresden is not near Frankfurt or Cologne. But I do agree with your conclusion: the successful passenger trains are the high speed trains and the commuters (light rail) in the cities. Some say light rail commuter rail systems only steal riders from busses, not necessarily from the automobiles. However, DART recently opened its red line to Plano and its blue line to Garland in the Dallas metropolitan area. No one rode the busses much in either suburb, yet it is standing room only on the DART light rail trains all of the way! At first everyone attempted to use the park and rides, but found out soon enough they were filled. Well, they weren't filled when express busses used the parking lot. Since the parking lots are full, many riders are learning their bus routes so that they can catch the train to get to their destinatiion. In both suburbs bus ridership went up too. So the skeptics don't believe me. I suggest you surf over to DART web site: http://www.dart.org or better yet, come to Dallas and ride DART's commuter light rail systems and see for yourselves. And I will say again, Amtrak needs to lose its huge money losing transcontinentals. Amtrak should only maintain and eventually upgrade its routes that will convert to high speed 150-186 mph trains. And the sooner the better!
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