Letter to the Editor - Don't let Amtrak dodge the ticket agent issue

Editor,

I am writing a response to the March 1 article by Derek Hann regarding Havre and Shelby hoping to get the Amtrak station agents back.

As Amtrak’s management has, most particularly over the past year, been especially unsupportive of the national network of trains they have instituted such cuts as they have to these two stations’ agents, among others. It is because of resulting discontent and downright outrage that dignitaries, passengers and citizens have voiced their concerns and Congress has been listening.

The recent budget language passed by the U.S. Senate has specifically addresse...