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On the recordNovember 13, 2013
If we talk about whether you can make a train services viable without a subsidy, all viable train services, major train services in industrialized countries, require subsidies to be viable.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly emphasizes the necessity of subsidies for train services in developed countries.

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