February 16, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on February 15, 2011.) SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A new northbound Pacific Surfliner express train between San Diego and Los Angeles began service today and is expected to cut travel time as much as 20 minutes....
February 16, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following press release on February 15, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak passengers have a new way to get information and share the unique experience of Amtrak train travel with today’s launch of the Amtrak YouTube channel,...
February 16, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on February 15, 2011.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Minnesota man appeared Tuesday in Glacier County District Court in Cut Bank on felony charges related to a bomb threat aboard an Amtrak train Monday evening....
February 15, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on February 15, 2011.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak’s budget proposal for fiscal 2012 includes requests for 40 new passenger coaches for its Acela Express high-speed trains, but no specific items for the Empire...
February 15, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on February 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has included $50 million in its fiscal year 2012 budget request for preliminary engineering and design work for the planned new rail line tunnels under the Hudson...
February 15, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Amtrak issued the following press release on February 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak plans to begin procurement in fiscal year 2012 of 40 additional Acela Express coach cars to increase seating capacity on all existing high-speed train sets to meet growing...
February 15, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the State Journal-Register website on February 15, 2011.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nearly 194,000 passengers used Amtrak service between St. Louis and Chicago from January through October, an 11.7 percent increase that puts the route among the 10...
February 15, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on February 14, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail users said they are concerned that Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, and high-speed rail projects would lose federal money under President Barack Obama’s proposal to create a...
February 14, 2011 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on February 14, 2011.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — It took nearly nine years to demolish the two former Amtrak train stations here after the new Rensselaer passenger station opened in 2002. Local officials hope the new...
February 14, 2011 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The following appeared on The Columbian website on February 12, 2011.) COLUMBIA, Wash. — A landslide in Vancouver will halt passenger train service through Clark County until 6:50 a.m. Monday. It marks at least the 10th service interruption between Vancouver and...
