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From Shreveport, LA Times, 11/10/04:
Story is here.
My turn: The Shreveport/Bossier City area was in line for an Amtrak train a few years ago when the wonderful Network Growth Strategy (NGS) called for a train called the CRESCENT STAR which would split from the existing CRESCENT train at Meridian, MS and run across the northern part of Louisiana and eastern Texas into Dallas and maybe Fort Worth. But as we know, very little of the NGS ever came to fruition.
Amtrak is still banned from starting any new services until they repay the DOT loan they got a few years ago. In the annual budget battles, the final figure that Amtrak has gotten did not include repayment of this loan. I guess they can still run test trains even if they cannot start service for real.
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Story is here.
My turn: The Shreveport/Bossier City area was in line for an Amtrak train a few years ago when the wonderful Network Growth Strategy (NGS) called for a train called the CRESCENT STAR which would split from the existing CRESCENT train at Meridian, MS and run across the northern part of Louisiana and eastern Texas into Dallas and maybe Fort Worth. But as we know, very little of the NGS ever came to fruition.
Amtrak is still banned from starting any new services until they repay the DOT loan they got a few years ago. In the annual budget battles, the final figure that Amtrak has gotten did not include repayment of this loan. I guess they can still run test trains even if they cannot start service for real.