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...
October 31, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, October 29, 2022) A final decision could be coming in Amtrak’s quest to restart passenger rail service connecting Mobile to New Orleans. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, in a news release Friday, set a Dec. 7 date for a voting conference...
October 28, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Governing.com, October 28, 2022) The last passenger train between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., ran more than 15 years ago — before Hurricane Katrina sent a massive storm surge barreling into the Gulf Coast, damaging roads and infrastructure and transforming...
October 28, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: www.mlive.com, October 27, 2022) Amtrak is revising its policies after customers were stuck on a delayed train from Michigan to Chicago without heat, electricity or working toilets earlier this month. Full story: www.mlive.com
October 27, 2022 | Amtrak, CP, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 25, 2022) Canadian Pacific has agreed to back Amtrak’s efforts to work with other states and stakeholders on its plan to expand and enhance intercity passenger-rail service in several locations, according...
October 18, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Television station KMIZ, October 17, 2022) COLUMBIA, Mo. — Amtrak and BNSF are asking judges to move at least three cases over a deadly summer train crash because too few people live in Chariton County. The train derailed after hitting a dump truck at a...
October 17, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 17, 2022) Amtrak this past weekend was set to restore its passenger trains between Miami and New York two weeks after Hurricane Ian. Full story: Progressive Railroading
October 17, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, October 13, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Oct. 1 established the Office of Passenger Rail, responsible for investigating and analyzing issues regarding Amtrak on-time performance (OTP). Full story: Railway Age
October 4, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 3, 2022) The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, which operates the Pacific Surfliner route on behalf of Amtrak, last week temporarily suspended service south of Irvine,...
September 22, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 22, 2022) BNSF Railway has asked a federal court to rule that those who have sued over the June derailment of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief must settle matters through arbitration rather than lawsuits, and asked that state suits be...
