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I expect most of you have recieved your June TRAINS by now...........On page 28 there is a chart that shows the majority of boardings on the EB occur on either the Seattle/Portland - Whitefish section or the Chicago - Twin Cities section.  And anything between Whitefish and Minot ND apparently isn't sufficient to merit mention.Obviously, Michael is correct in his assessment that the Whitefish boardings represent all of Western Montana, most of whose residents reside on or near the I-90 corridor.  And this increased ridership is due to the overnight aspects of the EB between Puget Sound and Western Montana.Now just think how much ridership would increase on the EB if it was rerouted via Missoula to Billings!  You're not going to lose the ridership represented in the Whitefish boardings, and you're going to gain the 1 day + overnight travelers between Puget Sound and Billings, not to mention the intercollegiate travel to/from/between U of M and MSU (are we counting Carroll College and Eastern Montana in this intercollegiate analysis?[;)]).If this chart is a fair representation of EB travel characteristics, then moving the EB to the southern line is an obvious choice.
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