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[quote user="Jim200"]If the Auto Train made a profit, this would encourage more routes. Presently Amtrak is giving each passenger an average of about $135. I propose an increased charge of $40/year for five years to accomplish a modest surplus. [/quote] There is a reason Amtrak does not charge an amount per passenger, or in the case of the Auto Train per vehicle, to cover its costs. The market will not support it. Increasing the price per passenger, i.e. higher ticket prices, probably would run-off a substantial number of passengers, which in turn could actually increase the losses, unless the marginal ticket revenues offset by at least $1 the marginal loss of revenues from passengers who were turned off by the higher prices. Only Amtrak's marketing and financial teams have a good idea of what this might look like. Amtrak has some pretty sharp accounting, finance, and marketing people.  Moreover, it has access to some of the best consulting minds in the world.  If it could get more blood out of the Auto Train turnip, I am sure that it would.
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