{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-079","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); long-distance network","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Amtrak (Stephen Gardner, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating and Commercial Officer)","authority":"49 U.S.C. § 24305(a)","instrument":"Amtrak statement of Aug. 17, 2020: most daily long-distance services reduced to tri-weekly frequency effective October 2020 because of the pandemic reduction in travel demand","title":"Amtrak Statement: Aligning Services to Current Travel Needs (Most Daily Long-Distance Services to be Changed to Tri-Weekly)","dateIssued":"2020-08-17","effective":"2020-10-01 (\u0022beginning this October\u0022)","end":"daily service restored between May 24 and June 7, 2021 under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 condition","startDate":"2020-10-01","endDate":"2021-06-07","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["passengers on 12 long-distance routes; on-line communities and station concessions"],"clause":"\u0022August 17, 2020 Most Daily Long-Distance Services to be Changed to Tri-Weekly. \u0027We are sharing with customers our new schedules for reduced Long Distance train frequencies that are planned to go into effect this October. [These changes respond to the] reduction in travel demand due to the Coronavirus pandemic and follow steps we\u0027ve already had to make across our other services lines across our network,\u0027 said Stephen Gardner, Amtrak Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating and Commercial Officer.\u0022","enforcement":"n/a (carrier service decision)","functions":["TR intercity travel to some 500 communities","CB station-area hotels, concessions and tourism","WF"],"notes":"Documents the Q4 2020-Q2 2021 reduction of the national long-distance network to three days a week.","sourceUrl":"https://media.amtrak.com/2020/08/amtrak-statement-aligning-services-to-current-travel-needs/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200901140249/https://media.amtrak.com/2020/08/amtrak-statement-aligning-services-to-current-travel-needs/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":258785,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-079","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-079","citation":"Amtrak (Stephen Gardner, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating and Commercial Officer), Amtrak statement of Aug. 17, 2020: most daily long-distance services reduced to tri-weekly frequency effective October 2020 because of the pandemic reduction in travel demand (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-079)","stateName":"","related":[]}