Submitted by Pardon_my_baconess t3_xxf63s in todayilearned
skywrites8 t1_ircgc2v wrote
Reply to comment by andersonfmly in TIL the length of the US rail network is twice that of Europe by Pardon_my_baconess
oh yes. CSX owns over 20K miles in rail and is a huge reason rail can't be expanded in many cities. Their ongoing battle with Amtrack is quite notorious, they basically have a monopoly on rail in the U.S. and rail in the U.S. has almost always been monopolized. The priorities are quite clear.
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