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An Amtrak spokeswoman, Karen Dunn, called the lease a reasonable business arrangement that the company inherited from its predecessor, the Pennsylvania Railroad.The club takes its name from that railroad's 200 series of cars.
"These folks like to be separate commuters," Dunn said."They pay us a fee."She declined to discuss the fee, however, calling it proprietary information.
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Dunn said it is unclear if the 628 and 629 trains would keep the car if Amtrak discontinued its contract with the club.
"If we deemed there was a problem on a regular basis with standees, then a car could be added to that train," Dunn said, adding that Amtrak had made no such determination.She said she did not have data comparing the number of Clocker service riders before and after Sept. 11 but said Amtrak increased the number of cars briefly after the attack before reverting to earlier levels.
A spokesman for NJ Transit said ridership on New York commutes had risen by more than 10,000 at peak times since Sept. 11, while ridership system-wide had actually declined by 10 percent over the same period.He said the increase was particularly dramatic between Newark, where many commuters used to transfer to the PATH train, and New York City.