No idea. Amtrak has already invested in new Acela train-sets that are supposed to be in service next year. The only place high speed rail is viable is the NEC as Amrtrak owns the rail and it is exclusively for passenger traffic. Every other Amtrak passenger train route outside the Spfld Ma to New Haven and BOS to DC is owned by freight (CSX, Norfolk Southern, UP, etc) Good luck getting them to shut down freight trains while you rebuild from the ground up.
and by Amtrak, you mean the US Taxpayer because Amtrak is subsidized $2bn per year (give or take a couple hundred million) by the federal government and a few hundred million by states.
Most, if not all the subsidies, End up supporting the long distance train routes, such as the Lakeshore limited, Empire builder, cardinal etc. the Northeast corridor train ships between Boston and DC normally actually make money for Amtrak because they have enough passenger volume.
No idea. Amtrak has already invested in new Acela train-sets that are supposed to be in service next year. The only place high speed rail is viable is the NEC as Amrtrak owns the rail and it is exclusively for passenger traffic. Every other Amtrak passenger train route outside the Spfld Ma to New Haven and BOS to DC is owned by freight (CSX, Norfolk Southern, UP, etc) Good luck getting them to shut down freight trains while you rebuild from the ground up.
This guy trains.
and by Amtrak, you mean the US Taxpayer because Amtrak is subsidized $2bn per year (give or take a couple hundred million) by the federal government and a few hundred million by states.
Most, if not all the subsidies, End up supporting the long distance train routes, such as the Lakeshore limited, Empire builder, cardinal etc. the Northeast corridor train ships between Boston and DC normally actually make money for Amtrak because they have enough passenger volume.