FYI: the director of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Thelma Drake, is a Republican from Elyria, Ohio......
Rail birthday: Amtrak's new train gets one-year profit party
by Hawes Spencer
published 11:03am Thursday Oct 7, 2010
The new Amtrak train in Charlottesville celebrated its one-year anniversary with a Thursday morning party that brought together state and local officials and revealed— sort of— that what might have been a subsidized extension of the Northeast Regional train is actually making a profit.
"They've exceeded all our expectations," said Mayor Dave Norris at the October 7 event.
Last October, the wheels began rolling with a promised three-year state subsidy as Amtrak brought one of its Boston-terminating trains though Charlottesville and as far south as Lynchburg.
Read more here: http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/10/07/rail-birthday-amtrak-new-train-gets-one-year-profit-party/
by Hawes Spencer
published 11:03am Thursday Oct 7, 2010
The new Amtrak train in Charlottesville celebrated its one-year anniversary with a Thursday morning party that brought together state and local officials and revealed— sort of— that what might have been a subsidized extension of the Northeast Regional train is actually making a profit.
"They've exceeded all our expectations," said Mayor Dave Norris at the October 7 event.
Last October, the wheels began rolling with a promised three-year state subsidy as Amtrak brought one of its Boston-terminating trains though Charlottesville and as far south as Lynchburg.
Read more here: http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/10/07/rail-birthday-amtrak-new-train-gets-one-year-profit-party/
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All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
