There are a lot of arguments re: America being incapable of having good railways that I dismiss more or less out of hand, and one I don't...
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I think the way bigger problem with the Eagle is it comes once a day in either direction--no use for actual regular travel
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many such cases!
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I don't know that it'll take off again without heavy freight, the infrastructure build and upkeep is much higher. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4116836/Two-friends-living-Newcastle-Birmingham-met-Malaga-cheaper-fly-SPAIN-getting-train-other.html …
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This story went around a while ago--what it shows is problems with UK's erratic pricing for tickets, not inherent costs in train travel
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There are places which had light rail a hundred years ago, until cars happened. Some of these places would benefit from the rails returning.
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The small town I grew up in once had light rail connecting to the other small towns. All <3,000 population.
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