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Elon Musk wants to privatize Amtrak. It would make train travel worse

March 10, 2025/

‘The market is exactly the wrong place to put something if you want a rail transportation system that meets the needs of all of America.’

Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services, and Elon Musk—who has been helping enact that plan—said this week that the U.S. should privatize Amtrak specifically, calling the national passenger rail service a “sad situation.”

BY Kristin Toussaint


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