What are the rough costs of
- constructing, and
- maintaining
a kilometer of a 1+1 road and single track rail? Is rail at all competitive in this regard?
^(I realise it also depends on the type of cargo – I’m curious about rail transporting everything as was the case in the 1800s)
Road use is subsidized, as the trucks who weigh much more do pay a little more in licensing and gasoline to fund road maintenance, but nowhere near to the level of their added wear-and-tear.
Rail use has no subsidy.
There’s the math.
Yeah… You’re not speaking generally, are you? Because in most EU countries, rail ise is subsidised.