December 14, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 12, 2022) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board to investigate why host railroad practices — primarily at Union Pacific Railroad — are contributing to substandard on-time performance (OTP) of its Sunset Limited...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, December 9, 2022) Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast will come in 2023, but few details are being disclosed about last month’s settlement in a case before a federal agency that could have national implications over how passenger rail is conducted...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, December 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of almost $2.3 billion in funding to expand and...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 8, 2022) Five Presidential nominees to the Amtrak Board of Directors—one a renomination—and one re-nominee to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) were recommended for Senate confirmation Dec. 7 by the Senate Commerce Committee meeting...
November 28, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 23, 2022) Slightly more than one week before the final hearing scheduled before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) concerning proposed Amtrak service between New Orleans and Mobile, the parties apparently have settled their...
November 16, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release (PDF), November 16, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a list of priority projects in the Northeast Corridor, a railroad line that spans from Boston to Washington, D.C. This...
November 15, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 14, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board last week granted a request to extend mediation talks between Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and other parties over Amtrak’s proposal to restore Gulf Coast passenger...
November 4, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Television station KMBC, November 3, 2022) CHARITON, Mo. — Attorneys for multiple passengers from an Amtrak train that derailed near Mendon, Missouri, in June want a federal judge to toss out a request by BNSF Railway to force those passengers and their...
November 3, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 1, 2022) The parties involved in the fight over Amtrak Gulf Coast service want to make one more effort to settle the matter without resuming their hearing before the Surface Transportation Board. Full story: Trains...
November 1, 2022 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 1, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration has launched a website for comments leading to an evaluation of long-distance service Amtrak had previously discontinued, as well as its two current triweekly routes, the New Orleans-Los...
