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  • Kurobe Gorge Railway by Hiroyuki Mori from Nishinomiya, Japan via Wikimedia Commons

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Union Station, the headquarters of Amtrak, viewed from Columbus Circle, Washington, D.C.

Amtrak Changes Some Longstanding Discounts

by editor in DEALS

Without fanfare, Amtrak has, as rumored, changed some longstanding discounts: Senior. The senior discount has dropped from 15 percent to 10 percent, and the minimum age [...]

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