Here where I live in the midwest, most of the stations on the CN route of the City are still in place, but often you can not buy a ticket or get any help with boarding or luggage in advance of the train arriving. Them most irritating factor since the stations attendant was removed probably 15 years ago is that if you purchase tickets or have a voucher, you have to drive about 80 miles to the nearest manned station to obtain service. Not exactly a winning situation for many. Plus not being able to buy your tickets locally and have help with planning your trip are also something I miss. If rail service is to grow, or continues to grow should one expect eventually to see more stations remanned even if only during train arrival and departure times? In our case though with three trains a day to and from Chicago the use of the new waiting room, is spread over just about the whole day as it is.