(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 31.)
HOUSTON — Amtrak will resume part of the Sunset Limited passenger service that was suspended for more than two months because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which damaged railroad infrastructure.
The Sunset Limited runs from Los Angeles to New Orleans and makes stops in Mobile. But the service east of New Orleans remains suspended.
The three-day-a-week Sunset Limited is frequently 15 minutes or more behind schedule.
Matthew Melzer, a spokesman for the National Association of Railroad Passengers in Washington D-C, says that Houston is one of the underserved cities in the country, and the train always seems to have time problems, which are not really its fault.
He says the cause is the lack of funding from Congress.