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Date published: 8/27/2008
Here's the problem: CSX controls the tracks
Glen Cannon ["Can't we do better than a stool and confusion?" Aug. 18] sounds like he is well-traveled. His comment is about train service in the Fredericksburg area. He states, "The present level of service would not One big reason the railroads run better in Europe In the Fredericksburg area, both Amtrak and the Virginia Railway Express are subject to CSX, which owns the tracks in this area. Amtrak owns the tracks from Washington north; everywhere else the tracks are owned by private railroads. So the passenger trains I suggest that if Mr. Cannon wants better rail service in this area that he complain to the CEO of CSX--but I can assure him that many others have tried, including local government officials, and his plea will fall on deaf ears. I am not sure if our federal government could do a better job of running the passenger railroad system than is being done already. But you can bet there would be more bells and whistles on the platform Tom Chasen Fredericksburg
I lived in the UK until 2007 and traveled by train throughout much of Europe. Once you get outside the cities into areas like F'burg, the train service is the same as here except more expensive. Trains in the UK and Italy are privately held now. They don't have a CSX to blame as not freight goes on rails there.
CSX sucks, but the government surely can't do a better job. If they did it'd be more expensive
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