(Source: Associated Press, May 2, 2017)
NEW YORK — Congress is giving Amtrak a funding boost that should help it make repairs to aging infrastructure at New York’s Penn Station as well as up and down the Northeast Corridor. Democratic New York Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday the bipartisan budget agreement gives Amtrak $1.495 billion, a $105 million increase over last year and the highest total since 2010. A $328 million federal grant will go toward Northeast Corridor work.
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