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Why doesn't Amtrak add more cars? It seems like, with this increased ridership, they should be able to fix up some cars and make more money. . . or does Amtrak lose more money if they transport more people?

I'm looking to go from Detroit to Minnesota in early August and wanted to use my reward points to ride for free, but every single Empire Builder for the first 3 weeks of August is sold out! Can this be true? Does this happen often? Is it possible that Amtrak will add more cars? How...

Well, given the way Amtrak simply decided to pay replace concrete tiles in the NE corridor that broke 40 year too early (rather than having the company that built them replace them as was guaranteed), the labor contract Amtrak is in the process of signing, that Amtrak is scheduled to receive .5...

Congress just gave Amtrak a bunch of money. What does Amtrak plan to do with all of the extra money they'll receive.

How close is Amtrak to breaking even? That is, what % ridership increase from 2007 woud it need in order to break even for 2008?

Hi there. This is my first post. I am a relatively new Amtrak (riding for about 9 months) mostly taking the Wolverine service in Michigan and the Empire Builder to Minneapolis. I like what I've experienced, and I, like many of you, would love to see Amtrak improve its service. It seems like...