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Sadly true even though legally it's supposed to be the opposite. [0] It's just not enforced at all and as a result of that (and freight trains becoming massive
by rtkwe 1y ago
Sadly true even though legally it's supposed to be the opposite. [0] It's just not enforced at all and as a result of that (and freight trains becoming massive monsters that can't even fit on the passing sidings designed for them) Amtrak service sucks.
[0] https://www.amtrak.com/on-time-performance#:~:text=For%20over%2050%20years%2C%20freight,trains%20ahead%20of%20freight%20trains. https://www.amtrak.com/on-time-performance#:~:text=For%20ove...
- ThunderSizzle 1y agoIf Amtrak wants right of way, it can build its own rail network.
- AlotOfReading 1y agoFrom what money? Amtrak has been wildly underfunded for years. To give one example, the Cascades line has exactly 1 running train because the rest succumbed to corrosion: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/amtrak-pulls-most-of-its-cascades-railcars-out-of-service/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/amt...
- rtkwe 1y agoAmtrak RoW is part of the deal for the land they received (and the help they get breaking potential labor strikes). They got to drop their intercity service to Amtrak for considerations like the Amtrak right of way too they didn't get nothing out of the deal.