Milestone for Amtrak’s Phila.-to-Harrisburg line
Ridership reached a record 1.27 million trips on Amtrak’s Keystone Line between Harrisburg and Philadelphia last fiscal year, state Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler said Monday.
From July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, ridership totaled 1.277 million, which was a 3.9 percent increase over the previous fiscal year’s 1.229 million trips.
Pennsylvania completed $145 million in improvements along the 104-mile line, which runs between New York and Harrisburg by way of Philadelphia, in 2006 through a joint effort with Amtrak and the Federal Transit Administration one hour payday loan. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation launched a website to promote ridership on the Keystone Line in August 2008.
In January, the state was awarded $27 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to make high-speed improvements along the corridor.
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