The disappointment of 2020 has hit Amtrak particularly hard.
"Amtrak is ending daily service to hundreds of stations outside the Northeast, and you can blame the coronavirus pandemic," reports Luz Lazo.
"Starting Oct. 1, most Amtrak long-distance trains will operate three times a week instead of daily, the company said in a memo to employees Monday," adds Lazo.
"The carrier is also planning to enter fiscal year 2021 with reduced train frequencies in the Northeast Corridor, the busiest in its network, and on its state-funded routes."
The news comes just a few, eventful months after Amtrak reported steady, positive gains in ridership and revenue at the end of 2019, including a prediction that the intercity rail system would turn a profit for the first time ever in 2020.
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