May 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Hattiesburg American website on May 25, 2009.) HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Want to take a low-carbon-footprint vacation this summer? Try Amtrak. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, trains emit less carbon than airplanes or...
May 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Travis Morse appeared on The Journal-Standard website on May 25, 2009.) FREEPORT, Ill. — Area officials are pushing for state and federal funding to bring Amtrak rail service to northwest Illinois, and said there may be as much as $150 million...
May 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Montanette Murphy appeared on the Utica Observer-Dispatch website on May 25, 2009.) TABERG, N.Y. — Joseph Boardman was a young boy in Taberg when he watched a Greyhound bus roll along Route 69. “I didn’t see people on the bus and I thought,...
May 22, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Merzbach appeared on the Amherst Bulletin website on May 22, 2009.) AMHERST, Mass. — With Amherst in jeopardy of being dropped from the Amtrak Vermonter rail line, town officials are creating a nine-member committee that will advocate for...
May 21, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael McAuliffe appeared on The Republican Newsroom website on may 20, 2009.) NORTHAMPTON, Vt. — About 125 people Wednesday attended a public meeting here to weigh in on the possibility of altering passenger rail service north of Springfield...
May 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Heath Urie appeared on the Daily Camera website on May 19, 2009.) BOULDER, Colo. — A Northwest passenger rail line being considered for revival should run through Boulder, city officials urged Tuesday. The Boulder City Council late Tuesday...
May 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on May 20, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak said yesterday that it cut fares on regional trains in the Northeast 25 percent for the summer travel season as it seeks to rekindle demand eroded by...
May 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 19, 2009.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Settlements have been reached in all but one of the lawsuits stemming from an Amtrak train derailment near Stevenson in 2005. U.S. District Court filings show the latest settlement was...
May 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Deana Poole appeared on the State Journal-Register website on May 18, 2009.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Some aldermen on Monday questioned plans to spend $571,500 in downtown tax increment finance money to refurbish Springfield’s Amtrak station. The...
May 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Rachael Jackson appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 18, 2009.) SANFORD, Fla. — Officials broke ground on a new Auto Train station this morning, launching a more than $10.5 million project that they said would bring jobs and better...
