Electric trains still have emissions. Not just power, but maintence as well. Overhead lines go down, pantographs leave metal dust everywhere, hell even just normal rail maintence.
Theres a reason why all the American passenger lines went bankrupt, and why Amtrak is funded by the government and still struggling.
And the best part is you’d spend a trillion dollars running lines everywhere, and almost no one would ride it.
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Electric trains still have emissions. Not just power, but maintence as well. Overhead lines go down, pantographs leave metal dust everywhere, hell even just normal rail maintence.
Theres a reason why all the American passenger lines went bankrupt, and why Amtrak is funded by the government and still struggling.
And the best part is you’d spend a trillion dollars running lines everywhere, and almost no one would ride it.
Edit: its costs 75,000 dollars per year per mile to maintain electric track. Its completely unfeasible. http://rockymountainrail.org/documents/RMRABP_CH7_OperatingCosts_03.2010.pdf