Amtrak is the only significant passenger train service in the US. And you didn’t mention that air travel is far faster and as cheap as rail travel, which makes

Amtrak is the only significant passenger train service in the US. And you didn’t mention that air travel is far faster and as cheap as rail travel, which makes a huge difference in a large country like the US, over dense little city states like Europe. Air travel is replacing train travel even in Europe and has for over 70 years. And privatization isn’t a guarantee against bankruptcy, which is a useful part of the free market. The UK rail was bankrupt as a public entity, forcing taxpayers to pay the bill. privatization successfully increased ridership and customer service. And it’s still privatized, Railtrak was only one of the group of companies created from privatization. So again, do you have any real example that shows privatization doesn’t work?