November 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Josh Noel appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on November 6, 2009.) CHICAGO — I’m in my seat in a dim Amtrak car, beside an aromatic guy and in front of a woman who speaks so loudly into her cell phone that she must assume everyone is...
November 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on November 6, 2009. Herbert Harris Jr. is chairman of the BLET’s Washington D.C. Legislative Board.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Virginia transportation commissions voted Thursday night to...
November 5, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on November 4, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Railway Express officials have denied a challenge Amtrak brought last week against VRE’s plan to have an international company...
November 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 2, 2009.) EAST LYME, Conn. — Amtrak officials are trying to fix a railroad bridge in Connecticut that is stuck in the down position and has trapped commercial boats in Niantic Bay. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole...
November 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on November 2, 2009.) Late last week, Amtrak released a new strategic guidance and five-year financial plan that aim to continue ridership growth and position the national intercity passenger railroad to...
November 2, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John Stroud appeared on the Post Independent website on November 1, 2009.) GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — About 7,100 fewer people were destined for Glenwood Springs via Amtrak for the fiscal year just ended, according to Amtrak regional officials....
November 2, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mike Elswick appeared on the Longview News-Journal website on November 1, 2009.) LONGVIEW, Texas — Robin Burns said a recent jaunt to Dallas on Amtrak’s Texas Eagle offered her a pleasant surprise. “I was really shocked at the...
November 2, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on October 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is challenging a recommendation made by Virginia Railway Express officials this month that VRE abandon its 17-year relationship with Amtrak...
October 30, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on October 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, said it will equip Acela high-speed trains on its Northeast Corridor with free Wi-Fi Internet access next year as part...
October 30, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Deborah Barfield Berry appeared on the Clarion-Ledger website on October 30, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi says hunters and sportsmen should be allowed to bring unloaded guns in checked bags aboard Amtrak trains,...
