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

The record

Jurisdiction

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) (federally chartered corporation, 49 U.S.C. § 24301; national intercity passenger rail network)

Level

Federal

Authority

49 U.S.C. § 24305(a) (Amtrak may operate and discontinue routes and set schedules), subject to appropriations conditions

Issued

2020-03-21 Mar. 21, 2020

Effective

2020-03-21 (rolling from Mar. 10, 2020) (read as 2020-03-21)

End

successive updates (Ex. 077); Acela returned June 1, 2020; long-distance triweekly from Oct. 1, 2020 (Ex. 079) (read as 2020-06-01)

In force

Mar. 21, 2020 to June 1, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Travel and quarantineOther

Addressees

• Amtrak passengers; the Northeast Corridor business-travel market; State partners

Functions reached

• TR intercity business travel (Northeast Corridor at 40 percent)
• WF commuting on Amtrak-operated services
• CB station concessions, hotels and travel-dependent businesses

Collection

Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE

Operative words

"Amtrak: 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]...." "[Because of the] reductions, some stations may not be staffed."

Enforcement

Notes