Amtrak cutting long distance trains to 3 times per week

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Amtrak cutting long distance trains to 3 times per week

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Per Trains - Amtrak reducing scheduled trains starting Oct 1st: https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2 ... s-of-oct-1
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Things should be back to normal by October 1st.
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Obvious ploy to make sure Congress gets Amtrak the funding they need to make it through the pandemic. Congress only responds to brinksmanship these days so I think the new CEO is playing their game perfectly.
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hoborich wrote:Things should be back to normal by October 1st.
:lol: Cases still going up as we “open up”, my faith in this idea of “normalcy” that soon is very low

Truthfully I’m surprised they didn’t try and do this SOONER in the year. It’s a shame really as Amtrak would have been closer than ever to a break even if things had not happened as they did. (I.e. no pandemic)
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Ypsi wrote:
hoborich wrote:Things should be back to normal by October 1st.
:lol: Cases still going up as we “open up”, my faith in this idea of “normalcy” that soon is very low

Truthfully I’m surprised they didn’t try and do this SOONER in the year. It’s a shame really as Amtrak would have been closer than ever to a break even if things had not happened as they did. (I.e. no pandemic)
They didn’t cut frequencies yet because they have the funding. Congress already paid for full Amtrak service to Oct 1. After that, they haven’t. So that’s the whole question.
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