Details emerge on Indiana rail contract with Amtrak

Chris Morrise Vizza, (Lafayette) Journal and Courier

Saturday, November 9, 2013 7:06 AM

The Indiana Department of Transportation has posted online a signed copy of its agreement with Amtrakto fund the Hoosier State passenger rail service between Indianapolis and Chicago.

But local government leaders said they still have not seen the actual amounts their individual entities will pay each month.

Lafayette, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, the state and other communities served by the line agreed last month to pay the annual operating cost of $2.7 million after the federal government stopped funding Amtrak routes shorter than 750 miles.

The 196-mile Hoosier State carried 36,768 passengers in fiscal year 2013 and generated $892,553 in ticket revenue, according to Amtrak.

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