From: heller@deepsoft.com   
      
   At Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:49:01 -0700 Nobody  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 03:06:20 +0000 (UTC), John Levine    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article  you write:   
   > >>http://www.aei.org/publication/mind-the-gap-us-and-european-train-safety/   
   > >   
   > >  "If we end federal subsidies to Amtrak, and require it to liquidate,   
   > >   then private companies would buy up its stations and routes. These   
   > >   companies could then begin running our trains with a level of   
   > >   professionalism that Americans now experience only when traveling   
   > >   abroad."   
   > >   
   > >Wow.   
   >   
   > I was gonna pick out the same portion.   
   >   
   > As if Euorpean passenger-rail services run without government (i.e.   
   > taxpayer) investment/assistance/subsidies/handouts (check your   
   > favourite expression).   
      
   Are there any *privately* owned passenger-rail services (other than 'tourist'   
   railroads) *anywhere* in the world?  Ones that operate without ANY government   
   subsidies?   
      
   Actually: are there any *privately* owned passenger services of any mode that   
   operation without ANY government subsidies (direct or indirect)?   
      
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