(Source: CNN, March 1, 2013)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the hours count down to $85 billion in government-wide spending cuts, there’s one transportation service that won’t be derailed — Amtrak.
Officials of the nation’s only long-haul passenger railroad say there will be no cutbacks or changes in its schedule, especially on its popular Northeast Corridor route between Washington, New York and Boston.
That’s much different than the scenario facing U.S. airlines, which may be forced to alter schedules if federally run air traffic control services are disrupted by spending cuts due to take effect on Friday.
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