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Originally Posted by kool maudit
Does this all come down to the track ownership issue? It seems like a real possibility.
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When we look around the world at passenger rail, the ones that seem to be successful is owned publicly. Of course, the best ones have dedicated rail for passenger, but even the ones that are shared with freight, still have good passenger rail service.
The federal government should own the rails, just like the government(s) own the roads. They should contract freight operations out to a company, and they could also be responsible for maintenance of the rails too. We could have it such that the only thing changing before and after are the owners of the rail.
As far as cutting back service, that is not any smarter than closing quieter highways. I am not suggesting everywhere with rail should have passenger service. However, the major cities in all provinces should have daily passenger service in and out.