Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to nine Canadian cities.

Quotes

 * AMTRAK lives on subsidies; always has, always will. Americans have limited demand for passenger-train services. Nearly everyone prefers to use a personal automobile, for all sorts of good reasons, including privacy, flexibility, and convenience. None of this is news. Transportation economists have been documenting it in study after study for decades.
 * Robert Higgs, "Why Do Progressives Love Trains?" (19 April 2009), The Beacon, Independent Institute


 * The average intercity auto trip today uses less energy per passenger mile than the average Amtrak train.
 * Randal O'Toole. as quoted in "Why Liberals Love Trains" (27 February 2011), by George Will, Newsweek