Intercity Passenger Rail
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-02-03
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781984985224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Intercity Passenger Rail: Amtrak Needs to Improve Its Decisionmaking Process for Its Route and Service Proposals
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 1428945105
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) is the nation's intercity passenger rail operator. In recent years, facing the continuing deterioration of its financial condition and its attempt to eliminate its need for federal operating assistance by December 2002, Amtrak undertook a number of actions intended to improve its financial condition. Among these actions were changes in its routes and services. Starting in 1995, Amtrak began reducing service and eliminating routes to reduce costs, although this strategy was ultimately unsuccessful. In December 1999, Amtrak's board of directors shifted its route and service strategy toward planning to implement new routes and expand services (called the Network Growth Strategy) on the freight railroad tracks over which Amtrak operates. It estimated that this expansion, involving 15 routes, would yield about $66 million in net financial benefits through fiscal year 2002, primarily from expanding its mail and express business, and help Amtrak move toward operational self-sufficiency.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 1428932178
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1428937757
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 430
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Craig Sanders
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2006-05-11
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0253027934
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Craig Sanders has done an excellent job of research . . . his treatment is as comprehensive as anyone could reasonably wish for, and solidly based. In addition, he succeeds in making it all clear as well as any human can. He also manages to inject enough humor and human interest to keep the reader moving." —Herbert H. Harwood, author of The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story and Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers A complete history of Amtrak operations in the heartland, this volume describes conditions that led to the passage of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, the formation and implementation of Amtrak in 1970–71, and the major factors that have influenced Amtrak operations since its inception. More than 140 photographs and 3 maps bring to life the story as told by Sanders. This book will become indispensable to train enthusiasts through its examination of Americans' long-standing fascination with passenger trains. When it began in 1971, many expected Amtrak to last about three years before going out of existence for lack of business, but the public's continuing support of funding for Amtrak has enabled it and the passenger train to survive despite seemingly insurmountable odds.