Amtrak ticket agent bill languishing in Congress

Representatives of Montana’s U.S. senators said they missed on an opportunity to require Amtrak to restore ticket agents to some stations where the National Passenger Rail Corp. had eliminated them, but they are working on another opportunity.

“I will keep doing everything I can to restore the Amtrak staffing cuts in Havre and Shelby,” Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., told the Havre Daily Thursday. “Washington needs to stop undermining rural communities and start investing in our transportation infrastructure. A well-staffed Amtrak is good for Havre and good for businesses across the Hi-L...