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Re: SouthWest Chief Reroute / cuts

Author: Erik H.

Date: 06-26-2018 - 22:23

SP 0-6-0 Wrote:
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> Here are good Amtrak routes that Amtrak has
> relinquished. Getting them back seems impossible
> now:
>
> Direct access to Phoenix has been gone for 22
> years.
>
> The Pioneer to Boise has been gone for 21 years.
>
> The Desert Wind to Las Vegas has been gone 21
> years.

And despite those trains having been removed, the world has not come to an end; the good residents along that line haven't been deprived of intercity transportation; no city has become a ghost town owing to the lack of the Amtrak platform; no person has died or been otherwise inconvenienced because they couldn't travel because they refused to ride a bus or a plane.

Phoenix is growing and is popular. Boise is becoming a new "hip" city to attract people priced out of the Sea-Tac and Portland metro regions. Las Vegas is still as popular as ever and growing. Clearly, the lack of Amtrak service since 1997 has had zero negative impact on those cities.

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Erik H. Wrote:
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> SP 0-6-0 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Here are good Amtrak routes that Amtrak has
> > relinquished.  Getting them back seems
> impossible
> > now:
> > 
> > Direct access to Phoenix has been gone for 22
> > years.
> > 
> > The Pioneer to Boise has been gone for 21
> years.
> > 
> > The Desert Wind to Las Vegas has been gone 21
> > years.
> 
> And despite those trains having been removed, the
> world has not come to an end; the good residents
> along that line haven't been deprived of intercity
> transportation; no city has become a ghost town
> owing to the lack of the Amtrak platform; no
> person has died or been otherwise inconvenienced
> because they couldn't travel because they refused
> to ride a bus or a plane.
> 
> Phoenix is growing and is popular.  Boise is
> becoming a new "hip" city to attract people priced
> out of the Sea-Tac and Portland metro regions. 
> Las Vegas is still as popular as ever and growing.
>  Clearly, the lack of Amtrak service since 1997
> has had zero negative impact on those cities.

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