(Source: Altoona Mirror, August 29, 2019)
ALTOONA, Pa. — The passenger-rail news wasn’t good Wednesday, but a local representative remains hopeful. At a hearing of the State House Transportation Committee in Altoona, a PennDOT representative reported that a recently completed study showed that state costs alone would make it financially unfeasible to add two daily round trips between Altoona and Pittsburgh to the Amtrak Pennsylvanian that currently crosses the state both ways every day.
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