pretty easily, judging by Japan--they're just smaller usually
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I know about the freight network.
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That's why Europe sends more cargo by truck. Because their train network is for passengers.
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no, it's because typical freight shipping distances are lower, cities larger and more common
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their network isn't "for passengers," but it carries far more passengers for the same reason
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Japan has a nationwide freight network which is barely used, because the freight that makes most sense to ship by train...
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...ie cheap, heavy, in bulk, going long distances, is sent by sea instead (shore is never far from anywhere in the country!)
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I didn't know that about their freight network but it makes sense.
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it uses the same tracks as the passenger network, generally
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we "pay" for it in commodity prices, a part of which goes to shipping, a part of which is by rail (and a part by road, sea, air)
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all transportation is interconnected and is paid for by users--you get problems of "how do we pay for it?" when not enough users
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in other words, it makes no sense to build passenger rail if all passenger needs are adequately met by highways, as w most of US
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but in American cities, highways AND railways are insufficient to meet demand, meaning congested roads and crowded trains
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