I have never seen on TV or heard on radio one marketing add for Amtrack.
Therefore few people who don’t/ can’t drive or afford to fly ever even think of amtrack. It’s a distant blip on the A to B option radar.
Thus how government works, free money for the most ineffective, incompetent out there, why care? Actual passengers are a pain in the ass, it is therefore working exact all as designed.
Once I owned a Railroad.... Brother can you spare a dime
Outside of the urban conglomeration corridors: “Where’s MUH ride?”