[flobosg]

My comment from a few months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40857263):

> In the 2000s the Chilean state railway company was involved in a huge corruption scandal as well as bad administrative practices. It’s been slowly recovering, but rail services in Chile still leave a lot to be desired.

[Phrodo_00]

There's this, and also, trucker unions put a lot of pressure against rail.