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Amtrak Mardi Gras. Check out the federal subsidies to open & operate.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:45 pm
$179M in federal subsidies funded track upgrades and negotiations to launch Amtrak’s Mardi Gras train from Mobile to New Orleans. In addition, $7M in annual subsidies covers operating costs, with federal and state support, to keep the twice-daily service running.
Seems excessive to me.
Seems excessive to me.
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:48 pm to AncientTiger
quote:All those interstate highways were 100% funded by taxpayers...
the federal subsidies to open & operate.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:50 pm to AncientTiger
They need to get it running to where it connects with the Florida trains that run up and down the East Coast. That would actually be useful.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:50 pm to AncientTiger
It's BS. Waste of money. Our Congressmen and Senators should be ashamed. It will be a novelty for a few months. If passenger rail for a run from Mobile to NO would be profitable, then the private railroad would run it.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 2:52 pm to AncientTiger
Dumbest idea I've heard of in a long time...
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:17 pm to mauser
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If passenger rail for a run from Mobile to NO would be profitable, then the private railroad would run it.
Do you feel the same way about Essential Air Service?
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:18 pm to chinhoyang
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They need to get it running to where it connects with the Florida trains that run up and down the East Coast. That would actually be useful.
Does it have a shuttle running from Mobile to Orange Beach/Gulf Shores? If not, it's pretty useless.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:19 pm to AncientTiger
Mass transit is nothing but a give away to well-connected insiders.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:27 pm to AncientTiger
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$7M
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179M
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Seems excessive to me.
Seems pretty cheap to me actually
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:28 pm to AncientTiger
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Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation, operated and managed as a for-profit company, but with the U.S. government as its controlling shareholder. The Amtrak Board of Directors are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
https://www.amtrak.com/stakeholder-faqs
Seems like a company making a capital investment to me?
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:29 pm to AncientTiger
5% of the populations uses something that 100% pays for. The ferries are no different.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:30 pm to LSURussian
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All those interstate highways were 100% funded by taxpayers...
Yeah. But those get heavily used
Just subsidize a bus to mobile at much much lower cost if the need is there
Posted on 8/25/25 at 3:30 pm to AncientTiger
Doesn’t the federal government own Amtrack?
This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:09 pm to CapitalTiger
Of course
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:13 pm to Hangover Haven
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Doesn’t the federal government own Amtrack?
Nevermind, not going to get into its charter standing.
This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:19 pm to CapitalTiger
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Do you feel the same way about Essential Air Service?
Yet another waste of money.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:22 pm to AncientTiger
But....it's The Soul Train 
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:28 pm to AncientTiger
The burgers they serve in the cafe car cost $80 to make, but they sell for $12.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 6:08 pm to chinhoyang
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They need to get it running to where it connects with the Florida trains that run up and down the East Coast
A New Orleans route that went to Mobile, and from there to a train to Orlando would really make me want to jerk on junk, instead of having to drive my family to Disney every few years.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 7:41 pm to mauser
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If passenger rail for a run from Mobile to NO would be profitable, then the private railroad would run it.
If highways from Mobile to NO would be profitable, then the private sector toll companies would run it
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