> But we could have built passenger rail stations too and those also would have been profitable. You can't just build a rail station and expect anything to hap

> But we could have built passenger rail stations too and those also would have been profitable. You can't just build a rail station and expect anything to happen; you also have to build the railroad. And this is currently not a profitable investment in the United States. > But I’m not complaining about subsidies, only that if we are subsidizing airlines we should subsidize rail too. We do subsidize rail. That's what Amtrak is. We've been subsidizing it for 50 years now. > > Sure; the US doesn't have the population density for that to be the case outside of the Acela corridor though. > I’m not sure what corridor you are referring to, but yes we don’t If you don't even know what Acela is, you literally don't know the first thing about passenger rail in the United States. Thanks for conceding my entire argument.