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No, the train system should be reorganized. Having multiple stops slows down travel. If Amtrak used shorter trains with a direct route, and all freight trains y
by ryacko 7y ago
No, the train system should be reorganized. Having multiple stops slows down travel. If Amtrak used shorter trains with a direct route, and all freight trains yielded to passenger trains, people will use more trains.
Otherwise any train trip that takes over eight hours is unpalatable, no matter how bad airport security becomes.
- sokoloff 7y agoThe problem is Amtrak, at least in Northeast, is running on tracks mostly owned by the freight companies. No way they’re going to yield on the tracks they bought without Amtrak paying them handsomely for that.
- ryacko 7y agoThe law states that a preference must be given to Amtrak over freight. The law can changed to give an absolute preference to Amtrak. http://www2.laufer.com/freight-railroads-fight-new-rule-for-amtrak-trains.html http://www2.laufer.com/freight-railroads-fight-new-rule-for-...