BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – Amtrak has announced that they will start charging for excess baggage. Amtrak will start charging a $20 excess-baggage fee for each carry-on and personal item above the current limits. And each passenger can bring no more than two excess carry-on bags weighing no more than 50 pounds each. Joe Boardman who is the President and CEO of Amtrak stated they will still continue their current policy that allows frustrated passengers to use overnight bags to assault the conductors, after being given one of company’s long list of ridiculous reasons why they aren’t ever on time.
