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[lmcat]

The problems with Amtrak is that they continue to operate routes that lose money.

The high-speed Acela trains between Boston and Washington made a profit of $40.50 per passenger, compared with conventional trains between Boston and Richmond, Va., that lost $4.73 a passenger.

TAMPA - Amtrak lost money on 41 of its 45 train lines in 2008, including a $145.23 per passenger loss on the Silver Star that serves Tampa on its New York-Miami run, a Pew Charitable Trusts research group reported Tuesday.

System-wide losses ranged from about $5 to $462 per passenger. The average loss per passenger was about $32, four times the $8 per passenger Amtrak computed using different methods, according to the study by Subsidyscope, which reports on how federal subsidies are used.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/oct/27/amtrak-still-losing-money-most-passengers/