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Amtrak: Information on Subsidies in Thruway Bus Operations

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 9, 1995
Report No. RCED-95-138
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Summary:

Since 1976, Amtrak has contracted with bus companies to provide connector service to its network of intercity passenger trains. This feeder bus service--referred to as the Amtrak Thruway Bus--operates on 44 routes in 23 states, carries about three-quarters of a million passengers annually, and generates about 3.5 percent of the nearly $1 billion in revenues that Amtrak takes in each year from intercity passenger services. This report reviews whether and to what extent Amtrak might be using its federal operating grant to subsidize its Thruway Bus services. GAO also compares the contributions of Thruway Bus passengers to covering the costs of their train trip with those of other Amtrak passengers.

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