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Kummant interview, New York Observer 8/13/08
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Henry Kisor: [QB] The following went over the AP B-wire today. I hadn't seen Kummant declaring before that the car fleet should be "doubled." Had he done so? CHICAGO (AP) - Amtrak says it needs more passenger cars to keep pace with booming demand in Illinois and nationally. Amtrak CEO Alex Kummant made a stop in Chicago to discuss how the service can boost it's fleet of 1,500 cars. Ideally, he says Amtrak should double the size of its fleet over the next decade. Amid soaring gas prices, Amtrak ridership is up by more than 10% nationally since last year. In Illinois, it's up 19% since October. Amtrak hasn't received new passenger cars since the mid '90s and is forced to continually renovate old ones. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says booming demand is a problem they're glad to have. But he says Amtrak simply won't have enough cars to meet that demand, which is expected to keep growing 10% annually. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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