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[quote user="John WR"] Actually, right now the issue is not food service but rather Amtrak's continued operation.  The House proposes a $950 million dollar budget for Amtrak.  With that amount Amtrak cannot afford any new equipment.  Speed may have to be cut back; it certainly cannot advance.  And no money is proposed for the TIGER program which means no improvements.   The Senate has proposed a higher budget.  And of course the issue will need to go to a reconciliation committee so we will see what happens.   NARP has a report of the current situation.  http://www.narprail.org/news/hotline/2315-hotline-817-june-28-2013 [/quote] Take out the long distance trains, which are used by approximately 15 per cent of Amtrak's passengers, or less than one per cent of intercity travelers in the U.S. and $950 million would be more than enough money to run the NEC. It would cover all the current charges on the NEC, as well as most of the charges on the short corridor trains. Since this thread is about food subsidies, eliminating the long distance trains would wipe out most of the losses on Amtrak's food services, albeit the exact amount would be difficult to derive, back a back of the envelope calculation could get reasonably close.
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