One fun and counterintuitive effect: because it takes a train a lot longer to provide as many passenger-miles as an airliner, the per-passenger-mile cost as a s

One fun and counterintuitive effect: because it takes a train a lot longer to provide as many passenger-miles as an airliner, the per-passenger-mile cost as a share of the capital equipment value is much higher. Ditto the per-passenger-mile cost of crew wages. The fact that the equipment and the crews are absolutely cheaper doesn’t help ticket prices as much as you’d think. Time is money.