Press Release Details

Date Archived:

August 11, 2017

Geography:

National

Decade:

1970s

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Press release announcing final Amtrak route selections, 1971.

Printed paper press release prepared by public relations firm Harshe-Rotman & Druck, Inc. for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Issued on March 22, 1971, it explains the final route selections made by Amtrak. "184 passenger trains will serve 85 per cent of the nation's urban population reaching 114 cities with 100,000 population or more."