October 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Danielle Sanzone appeared on The Record website on October 28, 2009.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — The Amtrak passenger figures at the Albany-Rensselaer station were consistent with the national trend and decreased in 2009 but the station is still ranked...
October 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on October 27, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak put their Northeast Corridor passengers into the spirit of the upcoming Amtrak Series today by polling passengers on board two trains running between New York and Philadelphia about their...
October 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Hudson Reporter website on October 27, 2009.) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Some have called the upcoming World Series between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies the “Amtrak series” because both towns are conveniently located a few...
October 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Rob Jennings appeared on the Daily Record website on October 28, 2009.) PARSIPPANY, N.J. — New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies is not the same as a “Subway Series” but, from a mass-transit perspective, the New York...
October 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by David Waldstein appeared on the New York Times website on October 27, 2009.) NEW YORK — Evoking a bygone era when rail travel was the main mode of transportation in baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies rolled into Penn Station on a chartered...
October 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Bismarck Tribune website on October 27, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Having passenger service for Bismarck-Mandan — connecting to Dickinson, Glendive, Billings and Seattle to the west and Fargo, Minneapolis and Chicago to the...
October 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ellen Creager appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on October 27, 2009.) DETROIT — New Buffalo in western Michigan has a new waterfront train station and new connections with Amtrak. Starting today, the Wolverine 355 and 354 trains...
October 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 26, 2009.) REDDING, Calif. — Amtrak California has canceled its bus route from Redding to Southern Oregon because of low ridership. The canceled route is part of Amtrak California’s Thruway bus service,...
October 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Brian Montopoli appeared at CBSNews.com on October 26, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this year, Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker attached an amendment to the Senate transportation bill mandating that Amtrak allow passengers to check...
October 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Kevin Freking on October 26, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator’s estimate, according...
