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[Mar. 13th, 2009|10:28 pm] |
WASHINGTON - New England travelers should benefit from faster, more frequent and safer train travel with an extra $1.3 billion pumped into the long-struggling Amtrak, half of it directed to the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, the Obama administration announced yesterday.
the $787 billion stimulus package recently signed by President Obama will allow the system to renovate trains and stations, improve safety systems, and provide more passenger capacity, administration officials said.
a transportation system used by 80,000 passengers a day.
With so many customers, Amtrak still can't make any money and has to rely on huge government subsidies to live another day. What a waste! |
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