January 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on January 12.) TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa leads Amtrak’s passenger growth in Florida, with a 33.5 percent gain in ridership to 100,119 passengers from fiscal 2007-08. That’s more than...
January 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Don Stacom appeared on The Hartford Courant website on January 13.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Despite acknowledging that a frustrating impasse with Amtrak has stalled plans for a New Haven-to-Springfield commuter rail line, the state’s...
January 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Rick Green appeared on the Hartford Courant website on January 12.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s top transportation planners are now telling state legislators that limited commuter rail between Springfield and New Haven could begin as...
January 12, 2009 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The following story by Mark Bowder appeared on The Columbian website on January 9.) COLUMBIA, Wash. — The primary north-south rail route from Vancouver to Seattle has been cleared of floodwaters and will reopen to freight traffic at 6 tonight. Amtrak passenger...
January 12, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ryan Burr appeared on the News Herald website on January 10.) CHIPLEY, Fla. — Amtrak is experiencing a growing chorus of agencies, lawmakers and local governments calling for restoration of rail passenger service in Florida. Amtrak had operated...
January 12, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Hudson Sangree appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on January 10.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three young men convicted of attacking an Amtrak engineer in West Sacramento and of being members of the Broderick Boys street gang were sentenced Friday...
January 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ed Hornick appeared at CNN.com on January 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Planning to attend the presidential inauguration this month in Washington? Expect a fortress-like city bursting at the seams. An influx of nearly 2 million people is expected to...
January 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared at CNN.com on January 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Automobile traffic will be diverted; bridges closed. But from Amtrak, there’s a bit of good news about Inauguration Day travel. Amtrak says that it has increased the number — and length — of...
January 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated t he following by Brian Westley on January 8.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Throngs of well-wishers are expected to line the tracks as President-elect Barack Obama travels by train from Philadelphia to Washington the weekend before his...
January 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ken Stanford appeared at AccessNorthGa.com on January 7.) GAINESVILLE, Ga. — More than 100,000 people passed through the Atlanta Amtrak station last year, the first time that’s happened in recent memory. The total was 101,084 – a...
