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Passenger trains fade as jet age shortens rail travel
A 1996 journey from Boston to Providence cost 90 cents in 44 minutes on The Comet train, but overall passenger service has collapsed. Fewer than 600 trains run daily now from over 20,000 in 1929, with nearly 1,000 services discontinued in the last decade amid losses and modernization costs. Industry leaders blame management and shifting travel demand, while some defend long-haul limits as rational.
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Stephen M. Aug
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Providence
R.I
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Havenmore & Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Los Angeles
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Stuart T. Saunders
Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Co
Penn Central
Federal Railroad Administration
A. Scheffer Lang
Association of American Railroads
AAR
Pulliman-Standard Inc
Post Office
Haswell
Bailey