August 6, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Allena MacDonald appeared on the Chronicle-Herald website on August 6.) HALIFAX, N.S. — Several decades ago there was plenty of public transportation in the Strait Area, with numerous daily train and bus routes connecting small communities...
August 6, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared on The Oregonian website on August 6.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Amtrak will resume limited train service this morning on its Cascade route, which runs between Eugene and Seattle. The service was suspended Friday after a routine mechanical...
August 3, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared at kgw.com on August 2.) SEATTLE — Amtrak canceled routes in Oregon and Washington Thursday night after small cracks were found in the suspension support structure of some cars. The company said its’ Cascades trains will be cancelled...
August 2, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is trying to gin up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains. The national passenger rail company is making the unusual offer to promote a...
July 31, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on the Kansas City star website on July 30.) KANSAS CITY — True, Amtrak is offering half off the cost of a second ticket to ride the train from Kansas City to St. Louis. But there’s a catch. You don’t get the discount if...
July 31, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on July 31.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Amtrak will change its St. Louis-to-Kansas City schedules Aug. 8 after the completion of much of the rehabilitation work on the Missouri part of the rail line. Union...
July 30, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on the Kansas City Star website on July 30.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is about to get back its morning train service to St. Louis. Union Pacific is nearing completion of track work that forced Amtrak to delay its...
July 27, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dan Schlossberg appeared at ConsumerAffairs.Com on July 26.) A congressman’s bid to derail Amtrak has been squashed by his colleagues. The House of Representatives voted 328-94 against a move to end Amtrak’s federal subsidies. The move to strip...
July 26, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dennis J. Carroll appeared on The Hawk Eye website on July 25.) DENVER — Representatives of communities along Amtrak’s California Zephyr line, including Burlington and Mount Pleasant, gathered here Tuesday to hear top rail executives...
July 25, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House on Tuesday rejected moves by conservatives to cut taxpayer subsidies for Amtrak as backers of the money-losing passenger railroad cemented their position in the Democratic...
