Originally Posted by
skidder
I thought Amtrak had discontinued those lines due to low ridership, but maybe not. I'd like to think the poor service the airlines have been providing the last few years made folks look at train travel in a more positive light, and enough started using Amtrak again to make those lines viable.
Amtrak lost ridership again/still/some more in 2018. Each and every route in the system is a money loser.
Amtrak's head honcho proposed the elimination of some routes last year. The senators and congressmen from the states affected said, "We don't think so."