Cheap Amtrak tickets for VRE riders delayed

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Plans to make special Amtrak tickets even cheaper for Virginia Railway Express riders have been delayed yet again.

The commuter train agency said earlier that by Dec. 1 it would pump even more money into offsetting the cost of special “step-up” tickets that would let its riders take Amtrak, making the price drop from $5 to $3, to help reduce crowding on its trains.

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