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Is it consensus that Amtrak is bad on purpose so that Americans won't demand more trains
Amtrak is bad because it shares rail with freight so it's slow as shit, has to wait for other non-passenger rail to pass, and has to operate on rail intended for maximum speeds of the 1800s. It takes 3-4 days to get halfway across the country. This is before we consider how few places it connects.
It is also, somehow, expensive. More expensive than flying. Sometimes 2-3X as much.
It's bad because the freight rail companies own the tracks and don't give a shit about safety along with Amtrak being a weird quasi-governmental organization with neoliberal profitability drive.