By Julia Terruso, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) warned Monday that planned SEPTA cuts could force Amtrak to cut the Keystone Service line from Philadelphia to Harrisburg .

The line , which continues from Philadelphia to Manhattan, would also mean fewer trains operating from Philadelphia to New York City.

Boyle said Amtrak president Roger Harris told him last week the railroad could lose $71.1 million in annual payments from SEPTA because of a delay in state operating funds for the transit agency.

If that happens, the Keystone Service line will “cease to exist,” Boyle said.

SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, operates bus, rail and trolleybus services for nearly four million people in five counties in and around Philadelph

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