August 19, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on August 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak ridership in July Fiscal Year 2008 increased to 2,750,278, nearly a 14 percent increase, marking the most passengers carried in any single month in Amtrak’s 37 year history. Total ridership...
August 18, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jacques Von Lunen and Arthur Gregg Sulzberger appeared on The Oregonian website on August 17.) PORTLAND, Ore. — The two men who were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in view of hundreds of visitors to the Clackamas County Fair on Friday...
August 18, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dan McLean appeared on the Burlington Free Press website on August 17.) BURLINGTON, Vt. — More Vermonters are finding the extra time needed to travel by rail. Nationwide, Amtrak tallied 14 percent more riders in July, compared to July 2007. The...
August 15, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(AAAE issued the following press release on August 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has chosen AAAE’s PASS system to help communicate key security information to passengers as they board trains. Amtrak’s PASS system shows a 1-minute, 40-second video that...
August 14, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ken Carlson appeared on the Modesto Bee website on August 14.) HUGHSON, Calif. — With a suicidal man on the tracks and an Amtrak train approaching, the four men didn’t have much time to think. But their actions saved the man’s life...
August 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report by Rajah Maples appeared on the KHQA website on August 11.) QUINCY, ILL. — The high cost of gas is pushing many travelers between Michigan and Chicago to passenger trains. The number of riders on several Amtrak train routes rose between October...
August 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Staten Island Advance website on August 12.) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For decades, the federal government has focused myopically on just two forms of transportation — cars and airlines. Airlines, which have struggled...
August 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kathryn Prater appeared on the Lansing State Journal website on August 12.) LANSING, Mich. — As gas prices linger around $4, more travelers are avoiding cars and opting for alternate forms of transportation. Amtrak train ridership from October...
August 11, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Cecil Angel appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on August 8.) DETROIT — An Amtrak engine popped off the track in Detroit this evening causing a two-hour train delay on the Wolverine Line between Chicago and Pontiac, an Amtrak spokesman...
August 11, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Alex Kummant appeared on the New York Times website on August 10.) NEW YORK — A streak of resilience runs through my family. Three of my grandparents’ families immigrated in the 1700s to Russia, then under Catherine the Great, from Germany....
