This is an extremely simplistic view. For instance, the US moves more of its freight (by percentage) than all western European countries except Switzerland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_usag...

Passengers are not freight. And freight is one of the reasons US railways suck for passengers.

	▲	xnx 38 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Moving people by train in the US makes about as much sense as delivering pizzas by barge.
	▲	Der_Einzige an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Freight is better. Passengers don’t belong on trains.