Happy Birthday - Amtrak turned 45 today (5/1)
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“Amtrak turns 45 today, leaving many people wondering how is it that a rich and powerful country that was a pioneer in railroad adoption in the 19th century has such terrible passenger trains today.”
Here's why American passenger trains are so bad.
1) Why doesn't the Northeast have a true high-speed rail?
2) Why are trains outside of the Northeast so unbelievably awful?
3) Why don't we build a state-of-the-art high-speed rail network?
For the answers to these questions (and more):
http://www.vox.com/2016/5/1/11539966/amtrak-45-anniversary
Here's why American passenger trains are so bad.
1) Why doesn't the Northeast have a true high-speed rail?
2) Why are trains outside of the Northeast so unbelievably awful?
3) Why don't we build a state-of-the-art high-speed rail network?
For the answers to these questions (and more):
http://www.vox.com/2016/5/1/11539966/amtrak-45-anniversary
Amtrak had issue no doubt. How ever it was never crested to preserve or improve passenger service in the us. Amtrak was created to relieve the struggling freight railroad's of this burden. Nixon hoped that Amtrak would simply die a quick death. Instead it persisted consistently under funded, always under the gun a step child that refuses to go away.
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