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The issue isn’t who runs it, it’s that the trains don’t have tracks to reasonably run on. Elsewhere, when passenger trains are delayed, every effort is made to
by vertex-four 8y ago
The issue isn’t who runs it, it’s that the trains don’t have tracks to reasonably run on. Elsewhere, when passenger trains are delayed, every effort is made to get them back on time again - in America, they’re left for hours in a siding while freight trains go by.
- JKCalhoun 8y agoYep, freight has right of way.
- gok 8y agoNo. Legally, Amtrak always has priority over freight. There are cases where host railroads are badly behaved but more often the problem is that Amtrak is poorly operated.
- jessaustin 8y agoRightly so. Rail freight is important in USA, while rail travel is not. We already have too many semi trucks on the roads; it would be foolish to force more freight onto the highways to pander to some dream about rail travel.
- ghaff 8y agoI wouldn't worry too much about that. My understanding is that rail freight is about 10% the cost of trucking it.
- rayiner 8y agoThe northeast regional trains are routinely 30-50 minutes late, and Amtrak owns those tracks and has priority on them.