Amtrak changes Libby passenger train schedule

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Amtrak changes Libby passenger train schedule
To arrive three hours earlier in morning
by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio
April 4, 2014
The Amtrak East-bound Empire Builder will be arriving at the Libby Depot three hours earlier than its usual time of 5:30am. It will now arrive at 2:30am as a result of increasing Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight traffic, namely oil trains from North Dakota heading west. The increased freight traffic has caused the Empire Builder to be late and off-schedule for most of the winter. The new schedule is effective April 15th.

The West bound will change schedule as well, by about an hour later, arriving about 12 midnight.

The change is temporary, projected to be back to its regular timetable by sometime in June.

The Empire Builder has traditionally has the reputation of being the most on-time train in the Amtrak system.
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By Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net, www.klcb-ktny.com.

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