{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-076","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) (federally chartered corporation, 49 U.S.C. § 24301; national intercity passenger rail network)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)","authority":"49 U.S.C. § 24305(a) (Amtrak may operate and discontinue routes and set schedules), subject to appropriations conditions","instrument":"Amtrak Updates to Service, Mar. 21, 2020: Northeast Corridor reduced to Northeast Regional trains at 40 percent of normal service; Acela suspended; State-supported and long-distance route reductions and suspensions","title":"Amtrak: Updates to Service (March 21, 2020, 7:05 p.m.)","dateIssued":"2020-03-21","effective":"2020-03-21 (rolling from Mar. 10, 2020)","end":"successive updates (Ex. 077); Acela returned June 1, 2020; long-distance triweekly from Oct. 1, 2020 (Ex. 079)","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2020-06-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["Amtrak passengers; the Northeast Corridor business-travel market; State partners"],"clause":"\u0022Amtrak: Updates to Service March 21, 2020 7:05 p.m.... [Amtrak is adjusting service because of] reduced demand in key markets.... Reduced schedule: Northeast Corridor: Operating Northeast Regional trains only, at 40% of normal service levels; Adirondack (New York - Montreal): No service north of Albany; Amtrak Cascades (Eugene - Vancouver, B.C.): No service north of S[eattle]....\u0022 \u0022[Because of the] reductions, some stations may not be staffed.\u0022","enforcement":"n/a (carrier service decision); pleaded as facts and circumstances and as the effect of the federal and State orders (border closure, stay-home orders) it implements","functions":["TR intercity business travel (Northeast Corridor at 40 percent)","WF commuting on Amtrak-operated services","CB station concessions, hotels and travel-dependent businesses"],"notes":"Amtrak is a federal instrumentality for many purposes but is not pleaded as an \u0027appropriate governmental authority\u0027; its service orders are pleaded as the operation of the orders that limited travel (Canada border closure, State stay-home orders, CDC orders). Graded on the text, not on legal force.","sourceUrl":"https://media.amtrak.com/2020/03/amtrak-updates-to-service/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200322133923/https://media.amtrak.com/2020/03/amtrak-updates-to-service/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":321677,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-076","citation":"Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation), Amtrak Updates to Service, Mar. 21, 2020: Northeast Corridor reduced to Northeast Regional trains at 40 percent of normal service; Acela suspended; State-supported and long-distance route reductions and suspensions (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-076)","stateName":"","related":[]}