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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by bombcar on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:41AM (#43856928)
I suspect the vast majority of passenger miles on rail in the USA are local transit and light and heavy intercity short-commute rail.

Not the long-distance Amtraks across the country.

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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by RandallBrown on Friday May 02, 2025 @12:55PM (#43872224)
I guess I should have used a different word but I meant huge to imply a large population as well as area. The US is the 3rd most populous country in the world after all.
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