The question is, do you see rail as a cost or profit center? Do you use it as a tool for achieving other goals? In the matter of public transport, the idea tha

The question is, do you see rail as a cost or profit center? Do you use it as a tool for achieving other goals? In the matter of public transport, the idea that it needs to pay for itself or be profitable is very much a matter of where you draw the line of which costs you in- and externalise. People need to go places, space and climate impact are limited, public transport the only sane option. It therefore should be priced such. It /is/ is cheaper than all other options, evidently.