Alex, I like timely things too but China does that, loses billions in it a year, and is predicted to loose more. People hate riding trains.
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go to japan
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Replying to @380kmh @punishedwyatt
I've been, they loose millions on it a year and also have the geography to justify it. US is 26x bigger, not easy to run and be profitable.
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Replying to @JohnnyR14100911 @punishedwyatt
Japanese railways generally make tons of money, u have no idea what ur talking about
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Replying to @380kmh @punishedwyatt
Some passenger ones, most rely on government subsidies to survive. Rail around Tokyo is useful and worth it. Freight loses billions yearly.
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Replying to @JohnnyR14100911 @punishedwyatt
The majority of passenger railways in Japan make money, not just around Tokyo. Freight rail in Japan loses money, but in the USA it makes quite a lot of money. Do you need citations?
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Replying to @380kmh @punishedwyatt
That wasn't what I claimed, 3/5 of the pass. companies are making money. Tokyo is just ideal for rail because population bigger than Canada.
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Replying to @JohnnyR14100911 @punishedwyatt
taking your 3/5 at face value, it's incorrect to say "most rely on gov subsidies" but more than 3/5 are making money, and again, it's not limited to Tokyo
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Replying to @380kmh @punishedwyatt
The 3/5 get no government subsidy, the rest do. But besides
, majority of rail systems are costly failures that people don't care about.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Outside Japan they don't make money as often (for a variety of reasons), but would be hard-pressed to call them failures, and it's nonsense to say people don't care about them. Think about Uber--loses a fuckton of money every quarter but it's hardly a failure & ppl love it
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