You're throwing all the rail into one number? Freight and passenger? Amtrak has 21,300 miles of track. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak https://en.wikiped

You're throwing all the rail into one number? Freight and passenger? Amtrak has 21,300 miles of track. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak I think the US officially has 26 miles of HSR. China transports 1.1 billion people a year on HSR. Amtrak carries about 30 million people a year. Why don't more people take Amtrak? It's faster to drive.