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U.K. to rebuild crisis-ridden railway system
LONDON -- Britain said yesterday it would pump £33.5-billion ($77.5-billion) into rebuilding its railway system, which has been blighted by crashes, delays and strikes and posed a growing embarrassment to the government, according to a wire service report. But the...
Former UP CEO sentenced for DUI
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis was sentenced to 30 days in jail for drunken driving but will be allowed to serve his time in an alcohol treatment center, according to a wire service. The judge also ordered him to pay a $5,000 fine...
China holds hearing on rail fares
BEIJING -- China held its first-ever nationally broadcast public hearing to discuss state railway ticket prices as part of a limited experiment in government transparency, a wire service reports. Some 33 consumer advocates and government academics read presentations...
Amtrak panel backs rail competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal oversight panel for financially troubled Amtrak voted yesterday to recommend opening the nation's intercity rail system to competition, the Washington Post reports. Under the plan, Amtrak, for three decades the nation's monopoly provider...
Highlights of Amtrak reform plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Highlights of the reform plan for Amtrak that will go to Congress, according to a wire service report: -Amtrak and the National Rail Passenger Corporation -- currently the same entity -- would be split, and the corporation would oversee a...
Opinion: Loss of Amtrak would damage nation’s transportation security
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- For much of its three-decade life, Amtrak has been on the wrong track. Yet the national rail passenger system, including service between Memphis and such cities as New Orleans and Chicago, remains worth saving, according to an editorial by George...
Calif. Governor reinforces commitment to high-speed train system
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In a one-two boost for development of a high-speed train network in California, Governor Gray Davis has approved the funding to complete the system's environmental clearance report and has appointed two members to the High-Speed Rail Authority...
Panel is to propose breaking up Amtrak
WASHINGTON -- According to the New York Times, Amtrak, the money-losing national railroad, should be broken up, with the government taking ownership of the tracks and competing companies taking over some or all of the most popular train routes, a plan to be unveiled...
Plans would take Amtrak’s rails
WASHINGTON -- A panel studying Amtrak's future favors stripping the railroad of the tracks and stations it owns, but still must decide whether and how to open train operations to competition, reports a wire service. The Amtrak Reform Council, which will deliver its...
Rail overhaul would strip Amtrak’s assets
WASHINGTON -- Amtrak would lose its most significant assets under three proposals being weighed by an oversight board considering options to restructure the nation's money losing railroad, the panel said on Thursday. The Amtrak Reform Council, facing a Feb. 7 deadline...
