by Gilbert B Norman
While of course all through the Bush 43 administration, we heard the "privatize Amtrak" spiel, that was heard no further during the Obama.
Who knows what's ahead on that point with the Trump?
But relevant to this topic is that there are private sector operations paralleling those of the State's passenger operations on the Continent (in the UK, they're all private operating on Her Majesty's rails). Here is a Seat 61 comparo between the private and State systems in the Vienna-Salzburg market:
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Additionally, there is a private sector regional rail operator, Meridian, that operates through Bavaria (SW DE) that includes Salzburg on their route map. I have also learned that there are private sector trains in Italy in competition with the State system.
But with the above having been said, I'm skeptical whether any such arrangement would work over here. I can only consider the Hoosier State a fiasco; same with Subway.
Who knows what's ahead on that point with the Trump?
But relevant to this topic is that there are private sector operations paralleling those of the State's passenger operations on the Continent (in the UK, they're all private operating on Her Majesty's rails). Here is a Seat 61 comparo between the private and State systems in the Vienna-Salzburg market:
http://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes ... -train.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Additionally, there is a private sector regional rail operator, Meridian, that operates through Bavaria (SW DE) that includes Salzburg on their route map. I have also learned that there are private sector trains in Italy in competition with the State system.
But with the above having been said, I'm skeptical whether any such arrangement would work over here. I can only consider the Hoosier State a fiasco; same with Subway.
Last edited by Gilbert B Norman on Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.