The Editorial Board, The Herald-Dispatch; April 5, 2018
West Virginia’s tourism industry last week suffered an apparent blow, courtesy of Amtrak’s announcement that it would discontinue immediately its operation of charter services and/or special trains tied to its regularly scheduled train operations.
As things apparently stand now in the wake of that decision, the nation’s rail passenger service’s stance would derail some popular train excursions in the Mountain State, including the New River train trips operated by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society in Huntington. That outcome would harm the state’s economy at a time when state officials are hoping to redouble its efforts to boost tourism and attract people to the state.
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