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Tue Dec 29 07:14:38 1981
Amtrak Will Resume Running Cardinal Line
>From RUSSELL@NYU Tue Dec 29 07:14:25 1981
Washington, Dec. 27 (UPI)
    The Cardinal, the passenger train from Washington to Chicago,
will resume its meandering route through West Virginia's gorges and
across Indiana flatlands Jan.8.
    Under orders from Congress, Amtrak will resume a service that
has been a political football of West Virginia's Congressional
delegation for most of the 11 years the line has been operating.
    The Cardinal was cut Sept.30 because of budget reductions and
because the number of riders did not meet the minimum criteria
set by Congress.  But its passenger load has been improving, along
with other Amtrak trains.
    The machinery to get the service going again was started Wednesday
when President Regan signed the the transportation appropriations
bill, which orders Amtrak to restart the train.
    The route runs from Chicago across Indiana to Cincinnati, then
through northeastern Kentucky and central West Virginia before
turning northeast to Washington.
    Amtrak said service would be extended to New York with a coach
and sleeper, which would be attached to another train in Washington.