March 25, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 24, 2010.) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Washington state and British Columbia officials say the second daily Amtrak train between Seattle and Vancouver will continue to run through September. The second Amtrak Cascades...
March 25, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mike Irwin appeared on the Wentachee World website on March 24, 2010.) WENATCHEE, Wash. — Amtrak ridership between Leavenworth and Puget Sound shattered the railroad company’s estimates for the route’s first four months of operation,...
March 25, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article from the International Herald Tribune appeared on the New York Times website on March 25, 2010.) NEW YORK — Amtrak’s new Web site, amtraktoparks.com, allows users to see the nearest Amtrak route to national park sites in the United States, each...
March 24, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jared Paben appeared on The Bellingham Herald website on March 23, 2010.) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The second daily Amtrak train service between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., will be extended through September, state and British Columbia officials...
March 24, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on March 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, asked Congress for $446 million to begin replacing locomotives and passenger cars as President Barack...
March 23, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report by Steve Large appeared at www.cbs13.com on March 23, 2010.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Amtrak employee is now being disciplined after cutting the lock on a woman’s bike and letting someone walk away with it. In Lorena Beightler’s case,...
March 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 19, 2010.) BRUNSWICK, Maine ― Officials in Maine say work could begin this summer on a project to upgrade 30 miles of railroad between Portland and Brunswick. The work will make it possible to extend the Amtrak...
March 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Robin Pogrebin appeared on the New York Times website on March 18, 2010.) NEW YORK — The architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has signed a contract with the Moynihan Station Development Corporation to start design work on the first...
March 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 19, 2010.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri House budget writers have decided to spare Amtrak passenger service from cuts in state spending. Missouri’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1...
March 19, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following story by Richard Mial appeared on the La Crosse Tribune website on March 19, 2010.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — One hundred high-speed rail advocates, several riding Amtrak from Minnesota, gathered Thursday in La Crosse to promote having the proposed...
