April 17, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Stamford Advocate website on April 16.) STAMFORD, Conn. — One of the continuing problems that has plagued Amtrak, the nation’s rail system, since the beginning has been the lack of on-time performance. Generally is not...
April 16, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on The (Baton Rouge) Advocate website on April 16.) HAMMOND, La. — Amtrak’s City of New Orleans was delayed for about 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon after police received a false report of a hostage situation aboard the train, authorities said....
April 15, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on The Gazette website on April 14.) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An Amtrak feasibility study of passenger rail service from Quad Cities to Iowa City will be released on Friday. The study was conducted on behalf of the Iowa Department of Transportation...
April 14, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 14.) PORTLAND — Passenger service on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train between Seattle and Los Angeles will resume next week after being shut down completely by a landslide near Oakridge, Ore., on Jan. 19....
April 11, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Barton Lorimor appeared on the Southern Illinois University Daily Egyptian website on April 11.) CARBONDALE, Ill. — Instead of directing Amtrak passengers to their seats onboard an idling train, conductors at the Carbondale depot pointed them...
April 11, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 10.) PORTLAND, Maine — The Amtrak Downeaster passenger train will generate billions of dollars in economic benefits in Maine and New Hampshire over the coming decades, according to a new study. The study,...
April 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 10.) CHEMULT, Ore. — Amtrak announced that passenger train service between Seattle and Los Angeles will resume next week, but riders must transfer to bus service between Eugene and Klamath Falls in both...
April 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 9.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Illinois did it — and reports the extra funding paid off in substantially increased ridership. Other states tell similar stories, of rail-passenger ridership increasing after the state...
April 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Zachary Franz appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on April 10.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — An increase in the number of Amtrak riders at Montana’s small stops more than offset a decrease at the largest stop, in Whitefish, to boost the...
April 7, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Matthew Preusch appeared on The Oregonian website on April 6.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Since the Jan. 19 landslide near Oakridge, trains that carry goods between California and the Northwest have been diverted through Bend and Salt Lake City, causing...
