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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by TARGUBRIGHT There is no profit in rail travel. Why take a train that could take 12 hours to get to your destination when flying will get you there in 4? The profit out look is far better for airlines then for rail. Rail travel is not convenent. The rails do not go to every city. The price for a train ticket is not cheaper then a air ticket. (Rail tickets can be more expensive and in most cases are.) I believe long distance rail travel is dieing and should be allowed to do so. TIM A [/quote] I think passenger rail travel will return with improved on-time performance and expanded service routes. Rationale for this statement is: air pollution resulting from changes in climate and increased personal internal combustion vehicles is approaching dangerous levels. This week in the Fort Worth-Dallas metroplex, the weather forecasters warned of a Purple Level in air pollution. There remains only one higher level of significantly dangerous pollution. At least in this area, rail transportation, both commuter long-distance, appears to me to be the only equitable solution to attack the pollution problem. Furthermore, If Amtrak and regional rail transportation authorities would follow European models and increase service and expand routes AND aggresively advertise, I think the traveling public would respond favorably to safe, quiet, enjoyable, and scenic passenger rail transportation.
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