March 13, 2008 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Feeney appeared on the Star-Ledger website on March 13.) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit’s most frequently delayed commuter rail line could be in for even more delays because of concrete railroad ties that are failing four decades earlier...
March 13, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 12.) NEW YORK — NJ Transit rail riders will face delays when Amtrak starts repairs on the Northeast Corridor in May. Amtrak needs to replace concrete ties along 26 miles of track. NJ Transit says one of four...
March 13, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak workers who came close to striking earlier this year have ratified a new contract. About 10,000 workers represented by nine unions had been working under outdated contracts for...
March 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Tacoma Daily Index website on March 10.) TACOMA, Wash. — Amtrak Cascades ridership in 2007 increased to 676,670 — a 7.4 percent increase over 2006 and the highest annual ridership total since the inception of Amtrak Cascades...
March 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on March 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 1,600 members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) overwhelmingly have approved a new contract with Amtrak after eight years of...
March 11, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen issued the following on March 10.) CHICAGO — Signalmen employed on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) ratified a new contract by greater than a 5-to-1 margin. On January 18, 2008, the General Chairmen approved...
March 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sue Nowicki appeared on the Modesto Bee website on March 9.) MODESTO, Calif. — It’s not every day that a baby is born on an Amtrak train, but it happened a couple of months ago. A Turlock woman was on a train heading from Bakersfield to...
March 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following story by Michael A. Wattkis appeared on The Star-Ledger website on March 10.) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit and Amtrak trains were experiencing delays of as long as an hour this morning on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast Line and the Raritan...
March 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ken Stanford appeared on the Access North Georgia website on March 10.) ATLANTA — New figures show more than 162,000 passengers were served by Amtrak in Georgia last year, with the Gainesville station recording one of the largest increases in...
March 10, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 9.) PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say an Amtrak officer has been shot in the foot at Philadelphia’s 30th Street station. City police say the officer got into a scuffle with a woman in the McDonald’s...
