May 12, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Effingham Daily News website on May 11, 2011.) EFFINGHAM, Ill. — Travel time from Effingham to New Orleans on Amtrak usually takes nearly a whole day, but due to flooding in the southern part of the state, it will take even longer...
May 11, 2011 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Boston Herald website on May 11, 2011.) BOSTON — Riders on four MBTA commuter rail lines will soon face more crowded trains and reduced schedules as Amtrak begins a three-month project in Boston to replace what it says are “defective”...
May 11, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Register-Mail website on May 11, 2011.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Additional rail cars and locomotives can’t come soon enough on three Illinois Amtrak lines expected to carry well over 1 million passengers this year, a spokesman said Monday....
May 11, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following appeared on the New York Post website on May 11, 2011.) NEW LONDON, Conn. — Amtrak restored its full Boston-to-New York train service Tuesday following a bomb threat near the New London station in Connecticut. The trains had earlier been delayed for...
May 11, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on May 10, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak ridership surged in April to be the best April on record and extends the national passenger railroad’s streak to 18 consecutive months of year-over-year ridership growth. Ridership for April 2011...
May 10, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on May 10, 2011.) NEW YORK — Amtrak passengers will not have to submit to airport-style security checks, said its president Joseph Boardman, but security upgrades are on the way for the intercity rail network....
May 5, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 5, 2011.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak is resuming passenger service between Albany and Montreal, a day after trains were halted because of flooding along a stretch of tracks in the eastern Adirondacks. CP Rail owns the...
May 5, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on May 4, 2011.) BALTIMORE, Md. — Saturday is National Train Day with celebrations at multiple locations, including Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Chicago. Amtrak, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this...
May 5, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on May 5, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Amtrak turned 40 this week, and the national railroad is finally growing up. With ridership back to a record-setting pace and a rail-friendly president (and vice...
May 4, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on May 2, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty years ago, on May 1, 1971, Amtrak operated its first intercity passenger train and began its continuing journey of meeting America’s national needs with initiative, pride and success. The...
