Amtrak Ridership Continues to Set Records — Despite Sandy Damage

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Rail ridership continues to grow in America.

March was the best single month ever in the history of Amtrak, and October, December and January each set records for their respective months, according to a company spokesperson.

All of that is despite the damage and closures caused by Sandy.

It’s also because Amtrak has been setting ridership records for just about every year for the past dozen years, so any growth — whatever size — is also a new record. Amtrak set 11 consecutive monthly records last year. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://transportationnation.org/2013/04/09/amtrak-ridership-rises-continues-to-set-records-despite-sandy-damage/

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1. Amtrak

Took the "Vermonter" down from Massachusetts to NYC a few weeks ago and it was great. So much easier and comfortable than the bus or car. Apparently the stimulus really helped the Vermonter's line with repairs that allowed it to go something like 20 MPH faster in some spots.

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2. du rec. nt

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3. I have taken the train

from NYC to Wisconsin. I loved it! Fun, comfortable and the staff is super nice. We met a guy from Australia that's a sound engineer for the movies. He worked on all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. He had a couple of pictures of him with Johnny Depp.

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4. With air travel and interstates being what they are these days

I'd love HSR.