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What is expensive is the building of the passenger only railroads. Once built, the entity running the railroad should be able to turn a profit on operations. What many of us are saying is why is the government building airports and terminals and not building passenger only rail? The feds last year spend $33 billion on highways, $12 billion on airports (not including the $29 billion bailout out the FAA), $7 billion on intracity transportation (commuter rail, light rail, and buses), and $900 million on Amtrak, when Amtrak needs $5 billion just to maintain the northeast corridor infrastructure. And any business I know that is running at capacity increases capacity! Every train I have ridden lately in the past few years have been full. And Amtrak is doing this in some cities with lously service times in the middle of the night. Which leads you to the conclusion that Amtrak should lease more sleepers and coaches..... if not more trainsets. Increasing frequency would likely result in even more ridership numbers especially in the cities being serviced in the middle of the night. Why doesn't Amtrak increase capacity?
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