Russian Railways carries about 33 times as many passengers per year as Amtrak, time to put that stupid idea of "America is too big/empty for trains" to rest
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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.
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...
...compared to the immense travel demands within a given metropolis, or between closer pairs of cities
what are some typical distances for russia's high demand and highly profitable lines?
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
for the USA: Amtrak: 31m LRT/Streetcars: 490m Commuter rail: 530m Subways: 3.9b
sort of the way gravity is about distance and mass, not just distance--two huge cities will have a weak market if they're very far apart, two tiny villages will have a weak market even if they're right next to each other; the sweet spot is in between
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