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West Coast Amtrak routes get $137.2 million
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West Coast Amtrak routes get $137.2 million
12:44 PM PDT on Saturday, March 21, 2009
Associated Press
Nat'l Park Service
PORTLAND, Ore. - Two West Coast Amtrak routes, the Coast Starlight and the Cascades, will get $137.2 million in federal funds from the Omnibus Spending Bill and a continuing resolutions measure that is intended to keep government going until a budget is passed.
Oregon Sen. Roy Wyden's office said Friday that the Starlight, which runs between Los Angeles and Seattle, will get $81.1 million and the Cascades, between Eugene and Vancouver, B.C., will get $56.1 million.
The Cascades is operated in partnership with the states of Oregon and Washington.
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Source Associated Press
When will BC pony up the dough to get another train here? What's holding it back? Is it the Canadian government thinking that the East Coast should get a cross-border link before the West Coast?
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