Federal Subsidies to Amtrak:
1971 to 2002
|
Year |
Current $ (000,000) |
2002$ (000,000) |
|
1971-2 |
$40 |
$174 |
|
1973 |
$170 |
$697 |
|
1974 |
$149 |
$551 |
|
1975 |
$277 |
$936 |
|
1976 |
$471 |
$1,508 |
|
1976-TQ |
$180 |
$576 |
|
1977 |
$801 |
$2,407 |
|
1978 |
$1,116 |
$3,118 |
|
1979 |
$1,234 |
$3,096 |
|
1980 |
$1,223 |
$2,704 |
|
1981 |
$1,246 |
$2,497 |
|
1982 |
$905 |
$1,708 |
|
1983 |
$815 |
$1,490 |
|
1984 |
$816 |
$1,431 |
|
1985 |
$708 |
$1,198 |
|
1986 |
$603 |
$1,002 |
|
1987 |
$619 |
$992 |
|
1988 |
$608 |
$937 |
|
1989 |
$604 |
$887 |
|
1990 |
$629 |
$877 |
|
1991 |
$799 |
$1,068 |
|
1992 |
$861 |
$1,118 |
|
1993 |
$891 |
$1,123 |
|
1994 |
$922 |
$1,133 |
|
1995 |
$972 |
$1,162 |
|
1996 |
$750 |
$871 |
|
1997 |
$843 |
$956 |
|
1998 |
$1,729 |
$1,932 |
|
1999 |
$1,663 |
$1,818 |
|
2000 |
$521 |
$551 |
|
2001 |
$521 |
$536 |
|
2002 |
$521 |
$521 |
|
Loans |
$1,120 |
$2,475 |
|
Total |
$25,326 |
$44,049 |
|
Source: Vranich & Hudgins, Help Passenger Rail by Privatizing Amtrak; Cato Institute, November 2001. |
Notes:
1. 1976-TQ: Transitional Quarter
2. Loans (1970s) paid by federal appropriation (not Amtrak).
3. Loan inflation assumed from 1980.
4. 2002 inflation assumed at 2001 rate |
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