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Feds Doling out $2.3 Billion to ‘Expand and Modernize’ Intercity Passenger Rail

Feds Doling out $2.3 Billion to ‘Expand and Modernize’ Intercity Passenger Rail
A New Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive sits parked in an Amtrak rail yard at Chicago Union Station in Chicago on March 2, 2022. Luke Sharrett/AFP via Getty Images
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The federal government is looking to dole out nearly $2.3 billion to “expand and modernize” intercity passenger rail across the country.

But a leading transportation analyst says that Amtrak, the nation’s passenger railroad, doesn’t have any plans to break even.

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