Summary:
-No more mail by Amtrak
-Palmetto to serve New York to Savannah only, but a daytime train with faster service
-Three Rivers eliminated
-Pennsylvanian to run in 3R's slot to Chicago
-Star to serve Tampa with sleeping car service
-Waldo, Ocala, Wildwood and Dade City lose rail service
-Youngstown, Akron and Fostoria, Ohio, and Nappanee, Ind also lose rail service next year

Mostly bad news but a couple of improvements elsewhere.

"The Florida cities of Lakeland and Tampa, now served by the Palmetto, will be served instead by the New York-Orlando-Miami Silver Star. Sleeping car and dining car service to Tampa will be restored, with First class passengers from St. Petersburg, Sarasota, and Fort Myers having a much shorter bus ride to Tampa instead of Orlando. The Silver Star will operate at a more convenient time at Tampa (5:22 p.m. northbound and 10:35 a.m. southbound) than the Palmetto and operate on a one-hour faster schedule between New York and Florida"

OUCH!!!!!!!!

I thought the SAL was going to have an upgrade in service where Mr. Kairho could have Sleeper service to his front door (and I have it when I have my rental at The Villages).

Now, instead of catching the Palmetto at 11 PM or 5 AM, I will be forced to frive an extra hour to Deland and join the train In The Middle Of The Day!