Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated PressVice President Joe Biden pointed to (from left) Senators Frank Lautenberg, Jay Rockefeller, and John F. Kerry.
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
Obama boosts Amtrak funding
Northeast to get half of $1.3 billion grant
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated PressVice President Joe Biden pointed to (from left) Senators Frank Lautenberg, Jay Rockefeller, and John F. Kerry.
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - New England travelers should benefit from faster, more frequent and safer train travel with an extra $1.3 billion pumped into the long-struggling Amtrak, half of it directed to the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, the Obama administration announced yesterday. (Full article: 873 words)
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