The message was clear at a meeting between Indiana Department of Transportation representatives and leaders of communities served by the Hoosier State passenger rail line.
The bottom line is the pivotal point as INDOT considers whether to pick up the $3 million annual cost of operating the 196-mile route between Indianapolis and Chicago when federal funding ends in October.
Troy Woodruff, INDOT chief of staff, opened the meeting with a look at the financial facts.
It would cost Indiana $80.08 to subsidize each of the nearly 37,000 passengers who board the train each year. Without the line, service would drop to three times a week.
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