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[QUOTE]Originally posted by delvyrails: [QB] Robert, According to a series of postings a year or so ago on another site, Amtrak pays between $5.50 and $6.50 per train mile for access. Any incentive payments are in addition to that. A string of other cost-per-train-mile figures were stated around that time. The gist is that most LD trains will cost in the $20-40 per train mile range for direct train costs. The highest paying LD train is Auto Train, gets about $90 revenue per train mile, but of course its costs (long trains, two dedicated terminals, etc.) are much higher than for other LD trains. The average revenue for LD coach passengers is about 12 cents per passenger mile, for sleeper passengers about 28 cents, IIRC. When these unit costs and revenues are projected (very approximately of course)on to a real train, it becomes evident that Amtrak needs revenue from sources other than coach and sleeper passengers to supplement its train revenues from passengers alone. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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