"An estimated 99 percent of Americans don't use the Northeast corridor at all. Those who do, as Amtrak boasts, are "highly educated, affluent and influential": 92 percent have college degrees and their average household income is well above the national median, clocking in at $170,000 a year. Yet, taxpayers are still on the hook for subsidizing $60 of each Amtrak ticket to fund the travel of the wealthy and well-connected."
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-10-04/amtrak-is-taxpayer-funded-trains-for-the-1-percent
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-10-04/amtrak-is-taxpayer-funded-trains-for-the-1-percent