(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 8.)
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A spokesman for Virginia Railway Express hopes that President Bush won’t get his way on Amtrak funding.
The president has proposed eliminating money for Amtrak.
Mark Roeber says if Amtrak services were cut, it would leave many V-R-E passengers without a ride. He says that on any given day, as many as 500 V-R-E passengers use Amtrak.
But Roeber says Congress won’t cut all money to Amtrak. Roeber says that even if Amtrak loses some money, it wouldn’t affect V-R-E because Amtrak’s Virginia routes do well.