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Trains in the US are expensive and slow. At the beginning, you showed the DC Metro system which had a deadly 2009 collision in which a train car telescoped on top of a stopped one in front. WMATA safety culture didn't take safety seriously and let the system deteriorate. There is a page unsuckdcmetro. A problem with commuter rail they operate on tracks owned by freight.
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A majority of the tracks that Amtrak run is owned by freight rail. Many commuter rail systems across the system also operate on freight rail. Of course, Amtrak has to rent the track from the freight companies. This means they have to share the tracks which cause delays.
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Don't they have to pay freight railroads to use the tracks? That is VRE's biggest expense paying the host railroads. VRE is a commuter rail taking commuters from Northern VA to DC . At :3:41 is a VRE train
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