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[quote user="blownout cylinder"] [quote user="Sam1"]What is unknown in all this, of course, is the value of the benefit package, e.g. medical insurance, retirement benefits, savings plans, etc.  It can add easily 35 per cent to the base wage.  Frequently, unions in particular will sacrifice hourly wages for rich benefit packages.  I suspect that Amtrak's benefit package is generous.  [/quote] That may very well be the case that Amtrak's benefit packages would be attractive---and if the value is about 35% of the base wage, that'll likely add another---if I just toss a base at $60000--- the amount would be an extra $21000 to the cost---just in that one area alone. OY----and with 6 working in a station with only 2 trains/day---how many passengers embark there---another OY<IMG alt=Confused src="http://cs.trains.com/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_perplexed.gif">  [/quote] Amtrak does not provide station boardings in its public reports, so it is difficult to say how many board at each station.  In any case, the ratio of passengers handled by the station agents for Amtrak's long distance trains in Texas, as well as most other intermediate spots in the national system, is very low.
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