NEW ORLEANS, BAY SAINT LOUIS, GULFPORT, BILOXI, MOBILE,
ATMORE, PENSACOLA, CRESTVIEW, CHIPLEY, TALLAHASSEE,
LAKE CITY, JACKSONVILLE, PALATKA, DELAND, WINTER PARK, SANFORD AND ORLANDO.
The
meetings that AMTRAK are having are going to be with city officials not the general public. Please help us keep
the public informed by posting minutes or reports from your local meeting with AMTRAK here:
gulf-coast-rail@googlegroups.com
The decision to restore passenger rail service, appropriate
and fund are congressional and Amtrak says they are simply waiting for direction.
Amtrak says it needs direction,
let's give them some direction.
TAKE ACTION! Make your voice heard in Washington!
Please ask your your Congressmen and Senators to demand the return of passenger rail service to the southeast immediately.
Never the less, be forewarned that any action, even if the decision is made today, restoration
of passenger rail service would be, according to Amtrak, at least 18 months away.
Ask your Senators
and Congressmen to ask Amtrak "why so long ?".
Congress gave Amtrak it's largest budget
ever.
CSX made the tracks available to Amtrak in the spring of '06.
The freight
slowdown has left many qualified conductors and engineers unemployed.
And passenger ridership on
long distance trains continue to break records.
Also write us and tell us what your official
had to say to you about passenger rail service on the Gulf Coast.
gulf-coast-rail@googlegroups.com
Join the discussion at:
http://groups.google.com/group/gulf-coast-rail
