Russia's passenger rail mode share is just 5%, lower than most of Western Europe and much lower than Japan (which is around 30%). USA? 0.3%
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How about freight? Russia exceeds the USA in freight rail mode share (59% vs 44%), but carries a bit less in terms of total tonnage (1.2 billion vs 1.7 billion)
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How does Russia solve any problems we haven't solved?
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good question! depends on the problem
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each one
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here's a good one: demand. so many people fly, not many people take the train in most parts of the country. especially if you're going from Seattle to New York or LA to Miami.
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first thing is that there are no trains to take in most of the country, nobody is "choosing" to fly or drive for those trips--second thing is that coast-to-coast is way too far to be practical by train, but this isn't a problem because it's a tiny travel market...
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...compared to the immense travel demands within a given metropolis, or between closer pairs of cities
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what are some typical distances for russia's high demand and highly profitable lines?
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I don't know much about where they are making profit--but as far as ridership goes, the Moscow Metro alone carries more than twice as many people as the national rail network; this is the same tendency you see in USA, where subways and commuter rail dramatically outdo Amtrak
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Ah, so that's Amtrak?
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Though it seems Russians constantly cut service, including entire commuter EMU lines

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Though Pskov will now have a service increase from 1 per week up to 1 per day - modern Lastochka EMUs pulled by diesel locomotives half of the way.
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Trains also do much better when there is harsh winter conditions
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