(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 14, 2011.)
CHICAGO — The Amtrak passenger rail service reports its ridership is up for the 16th consecutive month, with lines out of Chicago also reporting sharp increases.
Amtrak says more than with 2 million people got on the service’s trains last month. That’s the busiest February for Amtrak on record.
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