Amtrak Dispatches Day 1: Masks still required, while meal service is a thing of the past

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By Orion Donovan-Smith, The Spokesman-Review
Published: May 24, 2021, 10:30am
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Editor’s note: Reporter Orion Donovan-Smith is traveling by train across the country from Washington D.C. to Spokane to mark Amtrak’s 50th year of service. This story is part of a series of dispatches along the way.
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — The coach section of the train was nearly full as we rolled through this historic town where West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia meet at the junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.
But as the Capitol Limited emerged from a tunnel and glided across a bridge over the Potomac and into town, a conductor reminded us that despite the increase in passengers — Amtrak’s ridership dropped by 95% amid the pandemic a year ago — we were still far from a return to normal.

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