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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...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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