@harrym I feel like that's a bit of an oxymoron or something. It's public transport. Not private. If private companies want to make their own private transport, fine. But I agree. Leave public transport alone.

@Aaron_Davis unfortunately (outside buses) public transport is a natural monopoly, one can’t have a second set of tracks. so having the one system with a profit motive on a basic necessity is pretty obscene!

@harrym Sure does feel like Amtrak is a bit of a monopoly. Really wish Brightline would expand and inspire other companies to form and build more rails. Is it not possible for publicly owned and privately owned rail companies to co-exist? We made private rail work over 100 years ago, what's to say we can't make it work again?

@Aaron_Davis our material situations may be different, I’m in Australia, many houses would need to be pulled up here to make a second train line and we’re already in a housing crisis. maybe things are different where you are.

@harrym Would be pretty interesting if they could build train routes through the outback though. Especially high speed rail. Imagine being able to get from Sydney to Perth in 12 or 15 hours!