Interesting theory, but contrary to the facts in the US, where the overnight long distance trains are Amtrak’s largest and commercially most-successful sector, with by far the highest output, the highest load factor and the highest market share for intercity transport. The NEC is the lowest or second lowest of…

This is uninformed ideology. Every year, the nation’s long distance trains produce far more output of passenger transport than does the NEC. In FY’16, the LD trains generated 2.649 billion passenger miles, while the NEC managed just 1.978 billion. Worse, the NEC trains collective load factor (55.2%) and low market…