April 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Amtrak press release, April 28, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is celebrating a half a century of moving America where it wants to go. The 50th Anniversary Sale offers sale fares at 50% off, with a maximum of $50 per segment, available on coach class for...
April 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 27, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just in time to mark its 50th anniversary, the National Railroad Passen-ger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, is getting federal funding. The Department of Transpor-tation’s Federal Railroad...
April 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, April 27, 2021) NEW YORK — President Biden will travel on Friday to attend Amtrak’s 50th anniversary cele-bration in Philadelphia where he will promote his infrastructure plan and celebrate his signature mode of transportation, the White House...
April 27, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 26, 2021) In a letter the Surface Transportation Board (STB), U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said he supported restoring passenger-rail service to the route between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, that was damaged by...
April 26, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 23, 2021) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — It’s all-aboard again as Amtrak this week announced it is restoring all Hiawatha round-trips between Milwaukee and Chicago starting May 23. It’s a sign that things are coming back to...
April 26, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Seattle Times, April 23, 2021) SEATTLE — How popular is Amtrak? It depends on who you ask. Before the pandemic, the pas-senger railroad was turning in record ridership and revenue, along with setting records for growth on the Northeast Corridor and lines with...
April 22, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 21, 2021) NEW YORK — Siemens Mobility has been selected as the preferred bidder to replace a large por-tion of Amtrak’s aging single-level railcar fleet. Full story: Railway Age
April 21, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: www.knkx.com, April 19, 2021) SEATTLE — In another sign of the rebound in travel, Amtrak and the state transportation departments of Oregon and Washington announced plans to restore a good chunk of the passenger train service that was curtailed due to low...
April 20, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 19, 2021) President Joe Biden last week presented to Congress his fiscal-year 2022 discretionary budget request, including $25.6 billion for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Full story: Progressive...
April 19, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 19, 2021) PORTLAND, Maine — The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is ready to restore the Amtrak Downeaster’s pre-COVID-19 schedule this spring. Full story: www.usnews.com
