February 22, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 19, 2024) Fifteen new or revived long-distance routes are presented in a new Federal Railroad Administration presentation to accompany the next round of meetings for its ongoing Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. Full story:...
February 15, 2024 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, February 13, 2024) In the latest step in its ongoing investigation into on-time performance for Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, the Surface Transportation Board has asked the passenger operator and the train’s host railroads to answer a series of...
January 26, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 25, 2024) The U.S. Senate has confirmed attorney Anthony Coscia, Aviation Strategies President Joel Szabat, and Normal, Illinois, Mayor Christopher Koos as members of Amtrak’s board. Coscia has been Amtrak’s chairman...
January 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, High Speed Rail, News
Amtrak is one step closer to bringing its new Avelia Liberty trains to the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak said on January 12 that the new trains had passed an extended series of computer modeling tests and have now been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to...
January 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 24, 2024) The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced that more than 1.32 million passengers traveled on its state-supported Amtrak Virginia rail service in 2023, up 29.8% year over year. Full story: Progressive...
January 22, 2024 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, January 19, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board has called for Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Port of Mobile, Ala., to provide “detailed information regarding the status of the implementation of the settlement agreement” agreed to in...
December 17, 2023 | Amtrak, FRA, News
On December 8, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it has awarded $8.2 billion for 10 passenger rail projects across the United States. The FRA also announced rail corridor planning activities that will impact every region of the nation. This...
December 8, 2023 | Amtrak, BNSF, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, December 8, 2023) BNSF Railway will receive a federal grant for $14.9 million toward infrastructure improvements in and around Malta, Mont., U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced Thursday. Full story: Trains.com
December 8, 2023 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, December 7, 2023) Infrastructure improvements to accommodate a second daily round trip of Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa., will receive more than $143 million in federal funding, the state’s two U.S. senators have...
December 8, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, December 8, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded $8.2 billion for 10 passenger rail projects across the...
