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[quote user="PJS1"]Where does passenger rail make sense, what should it look like, and how should it be funded are the important questions. Amtrak is a commercial activity. It should be managed like one. Government should not run any commercial activity.[/quote] And it is political questions if you want to have nationwide passenger rail. Sometimes you need government involvement in passenger railroading as private companies usually don't have the necessary staying power and will to wait long enough for profits. And it is questionable if passenger rail gets profitable as long as the railroad has to pay for all expenses. Most European railways were once government entities and some still are like SNCF in France. This and the geographical situation made the success of the  current passenger rail system possible. And in Germany the government is still involved by paying for investments into the rail infrastructur. Here it felt just fair as the government pays for road and air infrastructure too. But we have mostly corridor trains between major population centers. Only from the highest north to the deepest south, about 700 miles, are LD trains. Regards, Volker
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