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August 25, 2020

Amtrak trims service of Southwest Chief

 

American Airlines isn’t the only passenger transportation industry hit hard by COVID-19. So is Amtrak, a company reducing its Southwest Chief rail service across Kansas.

It appears that in 2020, COVID-19 has done what no other threat could do in the nearly 50 years of operation of the Southwest Chief — reduce the frequency of service reported the Hutchinson News.

According to a memo to staff from Amtrak and posted to social media, all but one long-distance train in the Amtrak network will be cut to three times a week in October.

The Southwest Chief, which operates between Chicago and Los Angeles, operates seven days a week, stopping at more than 30 stations on the route.

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