What does it mean when certain routes such as the Coast Starlight or Cascades "get" $137.2 million? Is this an operating subsidy? or new equipment money? Infrastructure? Stations? please explain.
http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon/stories/NW_032109WAB-amtrak-routes-stimulus-SW.5989678b.html
Call Senator Wyden's office. They will be happy to tell you how he brought home the bacon for the home folks.
Mac
Whatever the money is for, it's not nearly enough. The whole amount could be spent just in Mount Vernon, WA, where at present there is insufficient parking at the station and nearby poor track conditions. Even then, the Cascades trains do not connect with the Starlight...
There should be ten trains a day between Vancouver and Los Angeles; this "subsidy" allocates about $1,000 per mile for a route that has only one train.
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