UNION-STATION IN PORTLAND, OREGON, ONE OF 450 PASSENGER TRAIN TERMINALS SERVICED BY AMTRAK IN 1974. DURING THAT YEAR THE CORPORATION LISTED 8,800 EMPLOYEES AND OPERATED 225 TRAINS PER DAY. A STEADY DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO 1970 HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. A TOTAL OF MILLION PASSENGERS RODE THE RAILS IN 1973

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