August 12, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: The Hill, August 11, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail advocates say that while transportation provisions in the Senate-passed infrastructure bill are an important first step, far more is needed to address both carbon emissions and gaps in public transit. Full...
August 12, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, August 11, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — All Amtrak employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 1 or get tested weekly in the latest move by U.S. employers to push for greater protections against the virus. New hires at the...
August 11, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Opinion column by Tom Carper published by The Hill, August 10, 2021. Carper is an Amtrak Board member and former Mayor of Macomb, Ill.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Macomb, Ill., and McComb, Miss., are both far from Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC), but both will...
August 11, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Railway Age, August 10, 2021) NEW YORK — The U.S. Senate on Aug. 9 passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill by a 69-30 count. The legislation now moves on to the House, where it could sit for months. The House and Senate are both on August recess, and House...
August 10, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Slate, August 9, 2021) NEW YORK — As part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that is edging ever closer to passage, Congress is set to give Amtrak $30 billion for the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston, part of a $66 billion grant for the...
August 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Idaho State Journal, August 8, 2021) POCATELLO, Idaho — After more than a decade of quiet around the prospect of restoring Amtrak’s Pioneer passenger rail line through Pocatello and parts of the Northwest, talks are regaining steam as lawmakers and local...
August 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 6, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has denied a motion from CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway to dismiss Amtrak’s request for the board to require the two Class Is to allow Amtrak to relaunch a Gulf Coast...
August 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Washington Monthly, August 9, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — or a chief executive whose love of trains won him the nickname “Amtrak Joe,” this must be a pretty exciting moment. President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, which designates an unprecedented...
August 6, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Business Insider, August 5, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is being tasked with reviewing and improving cross-border rail services by reducing delays at the US-Canada border. Both US and Canada-bound trains often waste hours at border stations while...
August 5, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, August 4, 2021) NEWARK, N.J. — The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill making its way through the U.S. Senate this week includes more than $60 billion for Amtrak, funding the passenger railroad says will allow it to serve more cities and...
