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House rejects cut in Amtrak subsidies
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 29.) WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday rejected a big proposed cut in Amtrak subsidies that would have led to major cutbacks in rail service. By voice vote during debate on a spending bill that covers...
Union threatens biggest UK rail strike since 1994
(Reuters circulated the following article on June 29.) LONDON -- About 18,000 British railway workers will be asked to vote on whether to launch a nationwide rail strike over plans to privatize some government rail contracts, their union said on Tuesday. The Rail,...
Bay Area Rapid Transit strike deadline set
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 29.) SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay Area Rapid Transit workers are set to walk off the job July 6 if they cannot agree with management on a new contract. Union leaders announced the strike deadline Tuesday night...
Duke Power and CSX settle rail rate case
(Duke Power issued the following news release on June 29.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Duke Power has reached a settlement agreement with CSX Transportation to resolve a railroad transportation rate case initiated in December 2001 and currently being considered by the United...
NS rate case settlement agreement finalized
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on June 28.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced that its settlement agreement with Carolina Power & Light Company has been finalized. As reported in an earlier press release issued on June...
CSX lines for sale
(The following article by Ed Ronco was posted on the Grand Rapids Press website on June 28.) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- CSX employees along two rail lines are getting ready for big changes. The lines -- one from Grand Rapids to Ludington and another from West Olive to...
NJ Transit riders want better service for their money
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on June 29.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Beverly Harnen wants just one thing in exchange for the extra $16 she's going to have to pay for her monthly rail ticket starting Friday. "Why can't...
From bad to worse on second day of VRE fare hike
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 28.) WASHINGTON -- Day two of the Virginia Railway Express fare hike, and things are going even worse than day one. By the railroad's own admission, it was a "difficult commute" this morning on the...
End of the line for cafe car
(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on June 29.) ABOARD AMTRAK TRAIN 246 -- They climb aboard, laptops in hand, and quickly find seats among the booths lining the end of the cafe car. Within minutes, their computers...
Budget barriers threaten to derail fabled City of New Orleans train
(Scripps Howard News Service circulated the following article by Bartholomew Sullivan on June 28.) WASHINGTON - Nighttime on the City of New Orleans Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee Half-way home, we'll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness Rolling...
