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benboston wrote:I was thinking what would it take for a private corporation to run trains on the NEC between BOS and WAS? Is it even allowed? I'm thinking if say Brightline chose to do open a route on the NEC this would push Amtrak to improve amenities and push down pricing. Also, this could work on other corridors, for example, I think Cascades would be a good candidate.
benboston wrote:In Germany, Flix Train competes with Deutsche Bahn on DB tracks. Right? How is this different?
bdawe wrote:My understanding is that Amtrak owns the intercity service rights on any road that joined Amtrak, which excludes the FEC. Amtrak isn't going allow competition against itself unless it is made to do so by a higher power
DutchRailnut wrote:again there is no exclusive rights, but the terms Amtrak operates under, are not valid for a private railroad operator.
And a private carrier sure would not get same trackage rights or price for operated over a freight railroad.
DutchRailnut wrote:in Europe the railroads are owned by state , in US the railroad is owned by railroad.
to change that would equal over throwing democracy ...
Amtrak has right of passage due to Government buying out money loosing passenger rail.
any private railroad has no such right and is subject to track owner allowing access and at a far different price.
DutchRailnut wrote:in Europe the railroads are owned by state , in US the railroad is owned by railroad.
to change that would equal over throwing democracy ...
rr503 wrote:DutchRailnut wrote:in Europe the railroads are owned by state , in US the railroad is owned by railroad.
to change that would equal over throwing democracy ...
Explain how public ownership of rail infrastructure = overthrowing democracy when we have publicly owned roads and airports? What we have today is an incoherent surface transport policy, not some democratic paragon.
benboston wrote:I'm curious if Amtrak would negotiate to say a ten-year contract with a private company, say Brightline/Virgin Trains USA, and agreed to share the cost of maintenance and track capacity upgrades then Amtrak would be willing to share the right of way that it has control of.
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