http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_bi_ge/us_amtrak_subsidies]Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger (AP) [/URL]



AP - U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private study.