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Amtrak services create jobs, promote tax revenue growth, and provide a valuable service.
Did you know?
- In Fiscal Year 2016, Amtrak purchased over $5.5 million dollars worth of goods and services in the State of Tennessee!
- 75,817 people utilized Amtrak services in Tennessee in Fiscal Year 2016!
- Amtrak paid $1,084,013 dollars worth of employee wages in the State of Tennessee in Fiscal Year 2016!
- Hundreds of Tennesseans catch the train at stations outside the state, including Anniston, Atlanta, Birmingham, and Fulton (KY)!
- Some Knoxville residents ride Megabus to connect with Amtrak services at Washington, DC Union Station!
- Some residents in Upper East Tennessee drive to Lynchburg, Virginia to catch the train
- In their first year of service over 2000 riders took the Amtrak Thruway Bus service that connects Nashville to train routes in Chicago and St. Louis!
Amtrak services create jobs, promote tax revenue growth, and provide a valuable service.
Did you know?
- Amtrak carried over 31 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2016.
- Amtrak ranks among the top 10 airlines for the volume of passengers it carries.
- Amtrak employs over 20,000 tax-paying American workers.
- Amtrak directly covered 94% of its direct operating costs in 2016.