Subject: Railroad Passengers April 2013 News
From: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ross Capon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:45:10 -0400

To our friends at Amtrak:

Our April is available by clicking here: April 2014 NARP News<https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6487/images/1304.pdf>

The contents are listed below.

--Ross B. Capon, President & CEO
National Association of Railroad Passengers
505 Capitol Court NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002-7706
202-408-8362 (mobile 301-385-6438)
www.narprail.org<http://www.narprail.org>

Page One-Amtrak and Pennsylvania agree on joint funding to preserve Pennsylvanian
--Amtrak's FY 2014 Grant Request seeks $2.06 billion for capital & debt service, $373 million for operations
--PTC Proceeds Slowly; NARP Files Comments with NTSB

Page Two-NARP Backs XpressWest (formerly Desert Express) high speed rail project
--National Train Day 2013
--All Aboard Florida Seeks Federal Loan

Page Three-Anthony Coscia, former PANYNJ Chairman, is elected Amtrak Board Chairman; Jeffrey Moreland is Vice Chair
--Federal Funding This Year and Next [with graph of Amtrak federal grants since 2007]

Page Four-House Railroads Subcommittee Hearing, highlighting Amtrak President Boardman's comments
--Texas By Train Billboard Campaign Resumes
--Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Train Study Begins

Page Five-Pro-Southwest Chief resolutions in NM; NARP's letter to Kansas state legislator

Page Six-Niagara Falls Council Advances New Station, will improve Customs process
--Travelers' Advisory: Boston-Hyannis service to resume on weekends, first time in 25 years
--Brookings Institution's Report on Strong Amtrak Ridership Growth, and a their bad recommendation for long-distance trains