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Re: Stupid question about modern passenger service in U.S.
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:50:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Wilson wrote:
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I figured I wouldn’t get flamed too badly on the “friendliest place on the
Internet” -- what is the status of individual railroads’ passenger service in
the U.S.?? I was under the impression that Amtrak provided (almost?) all
inter-city passenger service, until the other night when I had to stop for a
Kansas City Southern passenger consist at a grade crossing.
Do individual railroads still provide passenger service?
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Well I just took a non-Amtrak train from Michigan City to Chicago yesterday.
NICTD provides service from South Bend into Chicago and
has for many years. Also Metra has trains that run
from downtown Chicago into a lot of the suburbs. However, this may not really be
the type of passenger service you were talking about. (If you were really
curious about cross country service.)
Jason Spears | House of Bricks | BrickCentral | MichLUG | CLB
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| (...) South Shore is probably commuter, and Metra certainly is commuter, so not covered under the enabling legislation which applies to "scheduled revenue intercity service" (Most normal people would call Michigan City a different city than Chicago (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I figured I wouldn't get flamed too badly on the "friendliest place on the Internet" -- what is the status of individual railroads' passenger service in the U.S.?? I was under the impression that Amtrak provided (almost?) all inter-city passenger (...) (20 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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