Excellent point. If I were in charge, I would tell Amtrak you need to come up with a plan to improve service, reduce costs and become profitable or at least break even in X amount of time. If you can’t do that we will find someone who can.
As much as I love Amtrak and the amazing scenery you can get on some of the trips, if you can’t provide the amenities passengers want, such as decent WiFi, food, etc. No one is going to ride your train. You also need to get your labor costs in line and deal with all your unions and make the tough decisions. There is a reason why Santa Fe and the other freight railroads gave up on passenger business decades ago. Amtrak still uses that same model today in 2021 and wonders why they fail
They manage to lose money every year because we keep throwing money at them.
Excellent point. If I were in charge, I would tell Amtrak you need to come up with a plan to improve service, reduce costs and become profitable or at least break even in X amount of time. If you can’t do that we will find someone who can.
As much as I love Amtrak and the amazing scenery you can get on some of the trips, if you can’t provide the amenities passengers want, such as decent WiFi, food, etc. No one is going to ride your train. You also need to get your labor costs in line and deal with all your unions and make the tough decisions. There is a reason why Santa Fe and the other freight railroads gave up on passenger business decades ago. Amtrak still uses that same model today in 2021 and wonders why they fail
I liked travelling by train. So much wasted potential consumed by regulation.