(Source: News Tribune, December 28, 2016)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Although ridership numbers were down in fiscal year 2016, Missouri Department of Transportation officials are optimistic things are looking up for the state’s two cross-state Amtrak passenger trains. For the fiscal year that ended in June, figures show 172,032 people rode Amtrak on the Missouri River Route. That was down 7.3 percent from 2015, when 185,591 people rode the trains.
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