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Transportation Bill 2012.

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Transportation Bill 2012.
Posted by conrailman on Sunday, July 8, 2012 1:13 PM

The Transportation Bill 2012 was signed into Law on Sat July 7, 2012 for the next 2 years. What does this mean to Amtrak Funding Good or Bad? I hope this bill gives amtrak little more Money for the next 2 year buying more new cars and other stuff amtrak needs?Question

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Posted by DwightBranch on Sunday, July 8, 2012 4:43 PM

Here is a brief synopsis I found (it was hard to find anything at all):

The House did provide significant funding for Amtrak - $1.80B, a program they have tried to zero out in the past, including adding an additional $500M for Amtrak bridges and tunnels.

So around $1.3B for operating expenses and for buying new equipment, roughly the same as now.

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Posted by conrailman on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:15 PM

It look like last year money 1.8 Billion Dollars. Great that Amtrak is getting the same amount of money.Yes

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