Train trips rise in Europe - Good news for Amtrak/Via?

Yes, that could be encouraging, however the railroad industry is at a severe disadvantage in the USA due to the enormous subsidies the government is giving to the airline industry and the auto industry while at the same time reducing subsidies to Amtrak. The government prefers that we either drive or fly, not take the train, and they give us huge financial incentives.
 

MasonJar

It's not rocket surgery
Unfortunately, that is true... But in some ways, the subsidy to the road based traffic is the modern equivalent to the huge sums of money given to the railroads in the mid to late 1800s. At that time, it was often more profitable to build a railway than to actually operate one...

In any case, the article notes that the Internet will solve all our problems and eliminate the need for business travel anyway.... Remember the "paperless office" prediction? ;) :rolleyes: :D

Andrew
 

60103

Pooh Bah
Everytime I hear about the "paperless office", I feel like buying MacBlo and other pulp and paper stock.
 

Sunburn

New Member
When....

Business travel will never die, because....

People print out email.
People do not accept phones/email/video as deals.
Leaner and meaner means less people have to do more work because the rest are making business trips.
Leaner and meaner means the people laid off will need to find work to help pay their quarter million+ dollar mortgage. And that typically means a business corridor. Hopefully with a train.
People will never trust their subcontractors.
People will never trust facts to be conveyed unless seeing them firsthand.

Please add onto this....
 
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