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Governor Rendell Issues Statement Regarding Amtrak Vote to Create Separate Entity for Northeast Corridor

Date: Oct. 13, 2005
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Issues: Transportation


GOVERNOR RENDELL ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING AMTRAK VOTE TO CREATE SEPARATE ENTITY FOR NORTHEAST CORRIDOR

Governor Edward G. Rendell today issued the following statement in response to a report that the Amtrak board voted to create a separate entity to operate the Northeast Corridor without consulting Governors throughout the Northeast.

"Tearing Amtrak to pieces won't solve anything and I hope that's not what they're doing. America's rail system needs to operate as an integrated whole so it can offer more and better service. Dividing it into smaller and smaller pieces will only take us further from that goal."

"For Amtrak to take even an initial step towards breaking up the railroad without consulting with the Governors in the Northeast Corridor calls into question their commitment to a partnership for better rail service in the future."

http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=446617

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