Slow-speed trains compete with car trips, not airlines.
They are profitable where people invest into trains like they invest into highways.
Focus on that instead if you want trains. High-speed trains are only useful as a value-add to an existing slow-speed train network. Not as its own thing in itself.
Focus on that instead if you want trains. High-speed trains are only useful as a value-add to an existing slow-speed train network. Not as its own thing in itself.