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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Back on the titled topic of the Amtrak Option, Today's Wall Street Journal carries an article relating what regular Amtrak riders already know; business is up...WAY up: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121815170729322339.html Brief passage (subscription site): [i] WASHINGTON -- The number of people riding Amtrak surged 13.9% in July from a year earlier, as high gas prices caused more commuters to rely on intercity rail. But many Amtrak trains are getting overcrowded, and a backlog of infrastructure problems stands in the way of expanded service. Since last fall, Americans have been driving less while Amtrak usage has steadily increased. The latest figures suggest that the migration from highways to rail is accelerating. In July, Amtrak said, only one of its services saw fewer riders compared with the previous year. Elsewhere, there were major gains, such as a 33% jump on the Capitol Corridor between San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif. Even on Amtrak's already heavily traveled Northeast Corridor line from Washington to Boston, passenger counts are up by nearly 8% over last year. Overall, Amtrak is on pace to serve a record 28 million passengers in its current fiscal year, up from the previous high of 25.8 million last year.[/i] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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