AMTRAK, THE ATTEMPT TO RENEW U.S. RAIL SERVICE
The decline of railway passenger train patronage and the deterioration of service in the United States have led the U.S. Government to assume control over the operation of trains via a quasi-federal corporation called "Amtrak," but some basic causes of the decline remain and new problems will arise as a result of this action. Two results of the neglect to assess external costs against the various transport modes is an unbalance in favor of those with the higher external costs and the continued, seemingly fundamental, unprofitability of railway passenger service, which exists even for equipment that operates at capacity. Some way of collecting external costs will have to be found, and the problems created by the new intrusion of the U.S. Government into transport will have to be faced.
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Corporate Authors:
GORDON AND BREACH SCIENCE PUB.
AMSTERDAM:
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Authors:
- Panella, J
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 195-204
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Serial:
- Transportation Planning and Technology
- Volume: 1
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 0308-1060
- Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Bankruptcy; Costs; High speed rail; Mergers; Passenger service
- Identifier Terms: Amtrak
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
- Old TRIS Terms: Railpax; Railroad rate of return
- Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00041613
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Planning and Technology
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 15 1974 12:00AM