July 27, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by G. Jeffrey Aaron appeared on the Ithaca Journal website on July 26, 2010.) ITHACA, N.Y. — Elmira Heights rail car maker CAF USA has landed a $298 million contract to build 130 single-level rail cars for Amtrak, as part of Amtrak’s...
July 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 23, 2010.) Yesterday, Amtrak Cascades reported its highest second-quarter ridership mark since 1994 at 214,641 passengers. Ridership jumped 12 percent vs. second-quarter 2009, according to the...
July 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Timmons appeared on The Register-Mail website on July 23, 2010.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday the city of Galesburg has been awarded $641,000 to renovate the Amtrak Depot and build a new transit maintenance facility...
July 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on July 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is implementing the first step in a long-term, comprehensive fleet renewal plan with the purchase of 130 new single-level rail cars to support its long-distance train services. The five-year,...
July 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 23, 2010.) Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a transportation bill that would provide Amtrak $1.96 billion, $666 million short of what the national passenger railroad...
July 26, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Larry Higgs appeared on the Asbury Park Press website on July 25, 2010.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Can two rail agencies share a set of new tunnels under the Hudson River to midtown Manhattan and save billions of dollars, instead of building separate...
July 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak and Concur issued the following on July 22, 2010.) REDMOND, Wash. — Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, and Amtrak, America’s railroad, today announced that Concur® Travel &...
July 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Bruce Dorries appeared on the News Leader website on July 22, 2010.) STAUNTON, Va. — To paraphrase a sage of the silver screen and a deceased Second Amendment activist, “They can take my car when they pry my cold, dead fingers from the...
July 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 21, 2010.) Amtrak is offering guidance on station development to communities in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin where new state-supported Amtrak service is slated to begin in the next three years. As...
July 22, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on July 21, 2010.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Amtrak Cascades, which operates trains from Seattle to Portland and Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. has shown double-digit ridership growth and has broken records each month this year,...
