The money saved by shutting down the long haul routes could go a long way toward the maintenance and repair issues that hold back on-time performance in the nor

The money saved by shutting down the long haul routes could go a long way toward the maintenance and repair issues that hold back on-time performance in the northeast corridor. Amtrak agrees and they've been trying to shut down a lot of those routes for some time now. The problem is that Congress won't allow them to.