November 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jake Henshaw appeared on the Visalia Times-Delta website on November 11.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly one million passengers rode the San Joaquin train in the last year, one of three Amtrak-operated lines in the state that set ridership records...
November 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Russell Clemings appeared on The Fresno Bee website on November 11.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — With gasoline prices spiking in mid-summer, ridership on the Amtrak San Joaquins and other California intercity trains hit a record in the year...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Gary Strauss appeared on the USA Today website on November 9.) All aboard! The History Channel’s Extreme Trains express is ready to leave the station. Hosted by Matt Bown, a real-life conductor for Pan Am Railways, Extreme Trains...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Alison Costello appeared at Mlive.com on November 7.) LANSING, Mich. — The Midwest is working on a plan to shorten travel time with more high-speed passenger rail trains connecting stations in nine states to Chicago. The plan has been in the...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Ellen Creager appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on November 9.) DETROIT — Yes, it’s slow. But Amtrak’s Wolverine train service from Pontiac and Detroit to Chicago is an alternative for patient people who would rather look...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dan Blake and Pat Regan appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on November 9.) CHICAGO — An Amtrak train experienced a “very minor” derailment on the Near South Side this morning, officials said. There were no injuries. Two cars of...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on November 10.) CHICAGO — You can wait until Amtrak gets the money to put a train station where you want it. Or you can do like local developer Jimmy Gierczyk is doing, and build your...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Noah Bierman appeared on the Boston Globe website on November 8.) PORTLAND, Maine — In the front of the train, commuters who call themselves the “train wrecks” laugh at self-deprecating jokes, sip Budweisers, and plan a retirement...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jared S. Hopkins appeared on the Times-News website on November 10.) TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Two members of Idaho’s Congressional delegation are among a group of lawmakers who recently signed a letter to the chief of Amtrak, asking him to...
November 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following column by Tom Belden appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 10.) PHILADELPHIA — My inbox filled up quickly last week with analyses and opinions about how the travel business might be affected in a Barack Obama administration. Sorting...
