02-26-2019, 04:21 PM
Why?, because the infrastructure for passenger rail in this country was largely let go during the '50's and '60's in favor of travel by car or plane. Except in a few dedicated corridors the passenger trains are going over the same tracks as freight trains. Maintenance on those tracks is done to freight standards, not conducive to high speed passenger travel. There are more issues, but basically in the US the rail infrastructure is in no way comparable to that in Europe where passenger travel is concerned