Daily passenger rail service is on track to return to Spokane.
Nearly half a year after Amtrak reduced service on the Empire Builder to three days a week due to a precipitous decline in revenue and ridership, all that’s needed to restore its schedule is President Joe Biden’s signature on the pandemic relief bill that the Senate passed on Saturday and that the House is expected to approve this week.
That bill, known as the American Rescue Plan, includes a provision that requires the Empire Builder to return to daily service within 90 days of being signed into law.
Charlie Hamilton, co-executive director for All Aboard Washington, expressed relief
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