New Search
NEWS RE EASE New Train Service <br /> <br /> ~ Page 2 <br /> October 25, 1994 <br /> Am rak tickets are good on all trains and Thruway buses serving Eugene. Amtrak has <br /> ~i <br /> cut its tick t prices to $20 for around-trip weekday fare between Eugene and Portland and to <br /> $42 for a r and-trip weekday fare to Seattle. <br /> ~I Th new Willamette Valley train service is being funded by Amtrak and the Oregon <br /> i <br /> I <br /> Departmen of Transportation in a joint venture aimed at making passenger trains and <br /> supporting bus service a convenient alternative to driving. A proposed Northwest high-speed <br /> rail corrid r would further increase convenience by reducing train travel times. While the <br /> I~, Mount Rai ier travels at conventional rail speeds, the expanded service in the Willamette <br /> Valley is s en by many as a test run for rail corridor improvements to Eugene-Springfield. <br /> I <br /> II "Th s area has always been supportive of high-speed rail," Bascom said, noting that <br /> I! more than ,500 people turned out to see the X2000 and the Talgo high-speed tilt trains on <br /> their demo stration visits to Eugene in 1993 and 1994. "The Mount Rainier gives us an <br /> III opportuni to show the State Legislature that there is ample demand for improved rail service <br /> 'I to and fro the Eugene-Springfield area. Ridership on the Mount Rainier train can influence <br /> I~, their spend ng decisions related to making high speed rail a reality here." <br /> (Note to A signment Editors: There will be a photo opportunity of the inaugural run of the <br /> I'i Mt. Ramie brealung at ribbon at the Eugene Amtrak depot at 6:10 a.m. on Monday, October <br /> ~I <br /> 31. Medi representatives are invited to join local dignitaries on the inaugural run frtim <br /> I <br /> ~ Eugene to ortland. A charter bus will return to Eugene by noon.) <br /> ~Yr <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />