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Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe (lemmy.nz)

submitted 11 months ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 13 points 11 months ago

AFAIK passenger trains have priority. But they have a lot of single rail infrastructre and freight games the system with trains that are too long for passing sidings, so the passenger trains have to wait.

[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

I had heard that freight usually has priority largely because Amtrak leases the tracks from the freight companies that own the rails and usually a stipulation of those leases is a priority for the company's trains.