A good explanation of why passenger rail in the U.S.A does not ciompare with European trains..
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"This video explains why U.S. trains are slow, unreliable, expensive, and don't go where people want them to go, and why the situation is not likely to improve. Interesting fact: Amtrak operates 300 train journeys a day, while France's SNCF operates 14,000 train journeys a day."
http://boingboing.net/2016/08/18/why-do-trains-suck-in-the-u-s.html
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(YouTube via Boing Boing.
"This video explains why U.S. trains are slow, unreliable, expensive, and don't go where people want them to go, and why the situation is not likely to improve. Interesting fact: Amtrak operates 300 train journeys a day, while France's SNCF operates 14,000 train journeys a day."
http://boingboing.net/2016/08/18/why-do-trains-suck-in-the-u-s.html
and
Wendover Production