https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/amtrak-warns-of-2400-possible-layoffs/
Amtrak will need to cut 2,400 more jobs and could see “drastic impacts” on its rail service if Congress does not intervene and provide emergency funding for the passenger rail provider, the company announced Thursday.
In a letter to lawmakers, Amtrak President and CEO William Flynn requested nearly $4.9 billion in fiscal year 2021 to help it close massive budget gaps it faces amid the pandemic. Like more local and regional transit agencies across the country, Amtrak’s ridership has declined sharply during the public health crisis, lingering around 25 percent of pre-COVID levels and forecast to rise only as high as 40 percent over the course of FY21.
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