January 28, 2009 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 28, 2009.) MERIDIAN, Miss. — Former federal railroad administrator Gil Carmichael is bullish on the future of passenger rail service in the United States. Carmichael, FRA leader under the first President Bush,...
January 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 25, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden took the train back and forth each day between Delaware and Washington during his decades in the Senate. So where did the famous Amtrak commuter spend his first weekend...
January 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Stephanie M. Peters appeared on the Rutland Herald website on January 24, 2009.) RUTLAND, Vt. — Public forums that this week gave Amtrak supporters opportunities to speak out against the Douglas Administration’s proposal to convert the...
January 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on January 22, 2009.) TAMPA, Fla. — Amtrak’s Silver Star, which operates a daily northbound and southbound train through Tampa on its New York-Miami route, improved its on-time...
January 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Stephanie M. Peters appeared on the Rutland Herald website on January 22, 2009.) RUTLAND, Vt. — At a packed public hearing before the House Transportation Committee on Wednesday night, about 30 people testified for more than two hours as to why...
January 22, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Katy Bachman appeared at Brandweek.com on January 20, 2009.) Amtrak has launched a TV and out-of-home campaign for its Acela Express that emphasizes customer convenience and comfort. In addition to 30-second TV spots and print, the effort...
January 22, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The Register-Mail website on January 21, 2009.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak ridership is off to another record-setting start in the first three months of the federal fiscal year in Illinois after topping 1 million...
January 21, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Amy Goodman of King Features appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on January 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It started with a train ride. Barack Obama rode to Washington for his presidential inauguration on a whistle-stop tour....
January 21, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Deb Price and David Shepardson appeared on the Detroit News website on January 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A truck driver from Taylor played a prominent role Saturday on president-elect Barack Obama’s whistle stop train bound for...
January 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Rick Green appeared on the Hartford Courant website on January 20, 2009.) HARTFORD, Conn. — I knew we might have a different sort of transportation commissioner on our hands when I bumped into Joseph Marie in the fleece aisle at REI. Then, a...
