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[quote user="solar"] Why are the costs increasing so much ? Or are they just been allocated differently? [/quote] The states have been required to kick-in more to keep their state supported trains running. In FY09 state supported train revenue was $157.4 million.  In FY14 it was $238.5 million, an increase of 51.6 per cent.  The FY14 state operating support ($238.5 million) increased from $187.4 million in FY13 or 27.3 per cent. In addition to the operating support, the states kicked in $61.2 million in FY14 for capital payments compared to $29.1 million in FY10, an increase of 110 per cent.  In FY13 the state capital payments were $474.4 million, reflecting a one time cost shift from Amtrak to the states for the state supported trains.
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