Amtrak officials may reconsider a decision to remove the staff from the Texarkana Amtrak station, says Arkansas District 1 state Rep. Steve Harrelson, D-Texarkana.

Amtrak was scheduled to no longer staff the Texarkana station after longtime agent M.E. Hogue retires in late October, said an e-mail from Bill Pollard of Conway, who is chairman of the Arkansas Association of Railroad Passengers.

Pollard sent the e-mail to Harrelson, a supporter of rail service in Texarkana and of plans for a high-speed rail service through Texarkana from Dallas and eastward to Little Rock a...