That doesn't really follow. If freight rail is getting in the way of passenger rail then the cause is insufficient capacity, not the existence of freight. And the solution is to build more track (or allocate more of the existing capacity to passenger services) but that costs money, and there's no political will behind it.
If anything it sounds like the freight rail is the only reason you have any passenger rail at all.
If anything it sounds like the freight rail is the only reason you have any passenger rail at all.