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Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: JFman00 on March 03, 2013, 09:04:55 PM

Title: Jacksonville's Drag on Amtrak?
Post by: JFman00 on March 03, 2013, 09:04:55 PM
U.S. Passenger Rail Ridership (http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/amtrakroutes)

Jacksonville, along with Denver (major redevelopment of their Amtrak station underway as of Feb 2011), Worcester, and Greenville were the only major cities to experience declining ridership at their stations between 1997 and 2012.
Title: Re: Jacksonville's Drag on Amtrak?
Post by: tufsu1 on March 03, 2013, 10:48:14 PM
and how many routes that served Jacksonville were dropped during that time span...I can think of at least two
Title: Re: Jacksonville's Drag on Amtrak?
Post by: thelakelander on March 04, 2013, 06:25:32 AM
^That's pretty much the reason for Jacksonville's drop.
Title: Re: Jacksonville's Drag on Amtrak?
Post by: fsujax on March 04, 2013, 09:40:45 AM
At least the article in the Business Journal pointed that our Friday. Jacksonville lost the Sunset Limited and Palmetto service.
Title: Re: Jacksonville's Drag on Amtrak?
Post by: tufsu1 on March 04, 2013, 01:32:46 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on March 04, 2013, 06:25:32 AM
^That's pretty much the reason for Jacksonville's drop.

my point exactly