[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by golf2140

Leading the list was the train traveling between New Orleans and Los Angeles – the Sunset Limited – which lost $462 per passenger. Taxpayers subsidize the losses to keep the passenger train service running.

Following the above paragraph taken from http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...ubsidies_N.htm is the following:

"The Northeast corridor has the highest passenger volume of any Amtrak route, greatly enhancing efficiency. The corridor's high-speed Acela Express made a profit of about $41 per passenger. The more heavily utilized Northeast Regional lost almost $5 per passenger.

Passenger rail systems throughout the world lose money and require government subsidies to cover operating expenses."

Sometimes information taken out of context does not tell the whole story and these three paragraphs don't as well. Reading the entire article does!