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[KevinKorell]

Anniston, AL Star, 9/9/16:

Lengthened Amtrak platform could handle bicycle tourism, Anniston officials say

 

Plans are underway to lengthen Anniston’s Amtrak station train platform, and with that comes the potential for passengers to bring along bicycles, Anniston Mayor Vaughn Stewart said Friday.

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The Anniston (AL) Star, 3/22:

Trump budget would put Alabama’s Amtrak line, Anniston downtown in peril

 

 

A red line across a map in Toby Bennington’s office in Anniston ends with a red asterisk at the city’s Amtrak train station downtown.

 

The red line represents a planned extension of the Chief ladiga Trail and promises more tourism for the city, but President Donald Trump’s proposed budget could derail those plans, if it becomes law.  

 

Released last week, Trump’s budget outline would either reduce Anniston’s Amtrak service or end it altogether. It could do the same to Amtrak’s other long-distance train routes, disrupting service in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and hundreds of other communities nationwide.

 

Bennington, Anniston’s director of planning and economic development, also worries that the proposed budget would end a federal grant program that city officials hope could help revitalize downtown.

 

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