> As far as cost-of-ownership, the trains are actually the thing being subsidized here, not cars. Exactly. In fact, if you try to find a single example of pass

> As far as cost-of-ownership, the trains are actually the thing being subsidized here, not cars. Exactly. In fact, if you try to find a single example of passenger rail that is financially sustainable you will likely fail. The only reason passenger rail exists is because it is massively subsidised. It is inherently flawed as a mode of transport.