By Jesse Paul, The Denver Post; November 22, 2017
Ridership on Amtrak’s two long-haul train routes through Colorado dropped slightly last fiscal year even as interest grows in the creation of a Front Range passenger rail service.
Amtrak says the Chicago-to-Los Angeles Southwest Chief, which stops in Lamar, La Junta and Trinidad, had 363,000 riders in fiscal year 2017, compared with 365,000 the year before. Communities across Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico have been working to preserve the line in the face of millions of dollars worth of needed track repairs, with some success thus far.
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