March 23, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, March 22, 2020) CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate Republican coronavirus stimulus package would provide financial aid to U.S. airports, transit systems and passenger railroad Amtrak, but $50 billion for struggling U.S. airlines would be a loan not...
March 23, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: CBC News, March 21, 2020) CALGARY — After a week of asserting its employees should not be subject to federal health advisories surrounding COVID-19, Canadian Pacific Railway has reversed course and ordered workers who have travelled abroad to stay home — but...
March 23, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, March 22, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As recently as a month ago, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority was talking about increasing service, having finally turned a corner after years of precipitous ridership declines. Full story:...
March 23, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: NBC Nebraska, March 21, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Raquel Espinoza with Union Pacific Railroad confirmed a 20-year-old man in Lincoln County with COVID-19 is an employee with the railroad. Espinoza says he contracted the disease after contact with his...
