Amtrak needs to be broken up into at least two different companies. One for the Northeast and one for everywhere else. Ideally it would be broken up even more on a regional basis. Almost all of the money (read: Federal funding) goes (after the corruption tax) to the north east corridor between Washington DC and Boston. Every other region gets a slap on the ass and a stick of gum if they are lucky. We had a hiring freeze three years ago despite being comically understaffed because Amtrak blew a shit ton of money on two bridges on the NE corridor. This was recently after Joe Biden's infrastructure funding Amtrak received to the tune of sixty gorrilian dollars. If the fuck cars redditors knew how much of a shit show Amtrak's long distance trains were they would be crying tears of blood constantly. The state of long distance rail in this country is shameful for being the wealthiest country on the planet.
Source: I am a conductor for Amtrak.
Edit: I could rant about this shit for days. There are so many stupid decisions made at Amtrak I could write a book.
