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Would this have an impact on Amtrak service? The trains in my area often get stopped by freight traffic, and Chicago is pretty much a mandatory change-over poin
by hecanjog 1y ago
Would this have an impact on Amtrak service? The trains in my area often get stopped by freight traffic, and Chicago is pretty much a mandatory change-over point. Could this allow some routes to open up connecting each side of the Mississippi more fluidly in the longer term?
We got a new route (well, a new train running on a segment of an existing route, offering more flexibility for scheduling) from MSP to CHI recently, which has been great.
- lokar 1y agoI don’t see how Amtrak survives the next 3 years
- kortilla 1y agoWhat’s changed? That general sentiment has been around for the last 15-20 years but they keep plugging along.
- lokar 1y agoThe gridlock in Washington has been mostly resolved. The party is power can do pretty much anything. And the current party is power is against Amtrak .
- bediger4000 1y agoI'm not disputing the party in power and how it hates Amtrak, but how many bills did the House pass so far this year? Gridlock got replaced with monumental Republican incompetence.
- lokar 1y agoHe can just replace the board, stop writing checks, or send someone to kick them out of their building. All apparently legal.
- hecanjog 1y agoSure hope they do. Ridership is at record levels, if they get shut down it's certainly not for lack of demand.