October 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Keila Szpaller appeared on the Missoulian website on October 17, 2009.) MISSOULA, Mont. — If you build it, they will come. But it will cost you a lot of money. That’s the conclusion of an Amtrak report released Friday on the possible...
October 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jennifer Buske appeared on the Washington Post website on October 17, 2009. Herbert Harris Jr. is Chairman of the BLET’s Washington D.C. Legislative Board.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Railway Express plans to abandon its 17-year relationship...
October 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 15, 2009.) LANDOVER, Md. — Amtrak is using $25 million in stimulus funds to speed up the modernization of electrical equipment on the northeast corridor. The railroad says it is replacing a transformer this...
October 14, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dan McLean appeared on the Burlington Free Press website on October 14, 2009.) BURLINGTON, Vt. — Amtrak’s ridership nationally dropped by more than 1 million passengers from record levels set last year, a 5.4 percent decline, but its two...
October 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Joan Lowy on October 12, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak said Monday its ridership dropped by more than 1 million passengers during the past year, but was still the second-highest year in the railroad’s...
October 12, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on October 10, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate legislation to let Amtrak train passengers put guns in checked baggage would undermine safety, two House lawmakers said today. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie...
October 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Uriah A. Kiser appeared on the Stafford County Sun website on October 8, 2009.) STAFFORD, Va. — Amtrak’s Northeast Regional train stopped in Manassas last week to commemorate Virginia’s first major investment in passenger rail service. Just...
October 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 7, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Officials in Philadelphia plan a payroll audit of all Amtrak employees assigned to the 30th Street Station office after finding two employees who have not been paying the city’s...
October 7, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jon Duval appeared on the Idaho Mountain Express website on October 6, 2009.) KETCHUM, Idaho — A preliminary study released Sept. 18 by Amtrack indicates higher than expected costs for a proposed resumption of service of the Pioneer Route,...
October 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 5, 2009.) SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Nearly 200 passengers of a Boston-bound Amtrak train have reached their destination after a four-hour delay in Rhode Island caused by mechanical problems. Amtrak spokesman...
