August 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the State Journal-Register website on August 21.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Barack Obama campaign this morning urged Chicago supporters to sign up soon if they want to travel by train to Obama’s Springfield kickoff of his...
August 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 20.) CHICAGO — Amtrak ridership is at record highs across the country. In Illinois, ridership was 1,496,489 from October to July, 2008, a 19 percent increase compared to the same period a year before. ILLINOIS...
August 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Michael Tarm on August 21.) CHICAGO — Amtrak faces a new problem in Illinois and around the nation: The passenger rail service that once struggled to woo riders is now so popular amid soaring gas prices, it fears...
August 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Mary Beth Schneider appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on August 21.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Mike Fisher doesn’t plan to talk about what he calls “the political stuff” when he takes the stage at the Democratic National...
August 21, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 20.) FRESNO, Calif. — Amtrak ridership on the San Joaquin Valley route set a record in July thanks to soaring gas prices. Company officials say for the first time more than 100,000 passengers took the route that...
August 21, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mary Wisniewski appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on August 21.) CHICAGO — Declaring passenger rail is the future, not the past, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today that he is pushing a bill that would help replace and...
August 20, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Fort Mill Times website on August 20.) CHICAGO — The head of Amtrak is set to appear in Chicago to discuss upgrades for the increasingly popular service. Ridership on Amtrak’s passenger trains has soared to record levels across the...
August 20, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jake Henshaw appeared on the Visalia Times-Delta website on August 20.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Amtrak San Joaquin train rolled to a new ridership record in July, surpassing 100,000 riders for the first time in a single month and adding to a...
August 19, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on The Stockton Record website on August 19.) STOCKTON, Calif. — Evidence that gas prices still are prompting travelers to swap their car keys for mass-transit tickets continue to grow, according to July statistics of riders on regional...
August 19, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 18.) Last month, Amtrak carried 2.75 million passengers — the national intercity passenger railroad’s highest monthly ridership in its 37-year history. July’s passenger total rose 14...
