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Classic "obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility"... My problem, not my problem, his problem, not his problem... What a stupid situation.

• seanmcdirmid 9y ago
  Amtrak doesn’t really make a profit on its own. Anyone who has ever travelled portland to Seattle knows how slow it can be as freight gets priority.
  • dawnerd 9y ago
    Pretty much true for the entire coast - not to mention outright expensive. I looked at a ticket from Portland to la and it was more than a flight and they’d probably stick me on a bus in Bakersfield.
  • kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
    It's worse when Amtrack does have priority and their habitually late trains block other trains that could be using the track.
  • bogomipz 9y ago
    Then it should be broken up and managed differently. The idea that a company with a sanctioned monopoly who receives over a billion dollars a year in subsidies loses money is absurd.
    • seanmcdirmid 9y ago
      You are basically demanding that the service should not exist. No one will compete for these routes, very few train systems in the world are profitable in themselves (even JR would lose money if it wasn’t for train station real estate).
      • bogomipz 9y ago
        No I am not "basically demanding" that the service should not exist. There is no reason why smaller regional companies couldn't exist and be profitable, offer better service and provide a compelling alternative to buses.