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Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu Apr 26 01:12:36 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Wed Apr 25 22:58:57 2012. IIRC, doesn't Amtrak Regional and Acela service have high utilization and near operational profit? If you want the cheap fares that you're talking about, either the subsidy for Amtrak has to increase, or their operating costs need to come down...IIRC it's not near-profit, it's actually solidly in the black. But they can get *more* profit by running more full trains (even if the profit per train goes down, as long as the total profit less expenses is higher they've done well). I've said this elsewhere but it bears repeating: If chinabuses can transport people with better profit margins than trains for the exact same city pairs, then the efficiency of rail must be called into question, and paving over ROWs for dedicated busways should be considered... |
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