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(Disclaimer: Admittedly, I am basing this WI mostly off of my personal experiences. If I am incorrect, forgive my naivety. Furthermore, I figure one of the reasons for high prices is the size of the US, so comments about that are not needed.)

How can we make passenger rail travel as popular and commonplace in the United States as it is in, say, Europe? True, the US does has a well-developed rail network, but it has been my experience that many people find the costs prohibitive and they don't see any advantage of train travel over air travel.

So how can we, for example, push down the costs of train travel in the US? Would one of the best cures be much more competition against Amtrak? What would the effects be of a heavily used rail network in the US?
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