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Because in the US, freight and passengers share rail. Most of the civilized world segregated both to ensure massive transit priority. The USA did the opposite because freight brings in more profit. And all the railways are private owned, so profit overules public interest.

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treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Most of the civilized world segregated both to ensure massive transit priority.

I don’t think that’s accurate. Lots of europe at least share tracks. But passenger trains get priority. In the US, freight gets priority.

Also, the freight companies own the track and the land its on.

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- hikaru755@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I believe in Germany at least, freight gets priority at night, and passenger gets priority in daytime
  
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  - sns@fedinsfw.app ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Unfortunately it’s operated by Deutsche Bahn, so you won’t notice anything about daytime priority.
    
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BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I used to be a freight conductor for BNSF. Amtrak always gets priority.

Also, unless you’re talking high-speed rail, freight and pax share track in most civilized world.

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OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Well, that tracks…

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- HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Heyyyyoooo
  
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