March 26, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Mike LaBella appeared on the Eagle-Tribune website on March 26.) HAVERHILL, Mass. — Have you taken Amtrak’s Downeaster train to Portland, Maine, on a weekend but found you had little time to linger because it leaves for Haverhill too...
March 22, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Elisa Crouch was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on March 22.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Major track repair across Missouri this year will once again affect Amtrak service between St. Louis and Kansas City. Amtrak announced...
March 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Times of Trenton posted the following editorial on its website on March 20.) TRENTON, N.J. — What a difference a Congress makes. Amtrak, the punching bag of several past federal budgets, may actually get what it is asking for in the proposed new fiscal year...
March 20, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Larissa Van Beurden-Doust was posted on the San Luis Obispo Tribune website on March 20.) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Passengers on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner train were unable to board and instead took buses Monday to Southern California...
March 15, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Sarah Karush on March 15.) WASHINGTON — The Senate’s budget plan includes a boon for Amtrak – $1.78 billion for intercity passenger rail, nearly twice the amount proposed by President Bush and even...
March 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Gannett News Service circulated the following article by Raju Chebium on March 12.) WASHINGTON — States are rallying behind an Amtrak bill co-sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg because for the first time it would provide millions of dollars to run more trains...
March 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on March 11.) SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — When Amtrak ended food service on local trains between the Capital Region and New York City more than two years ago, it blamed heavy financial...
March 9, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 8.) CROCKETT, Calif. — A rock slide dumped debris on a major rail corridor Thursday, delaying several passenger and freight trains between the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento, but causing no...
March 5, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Paul Nussbaum was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 3.) PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak is still fighting Bush administration demands that it turn a profit, but prospects are improving for long-term federal funding to improve...
March 2, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Vancouver Sun posted the following article on its website on March 2.) VANCOUVER — By the summer of 2008, there should be two Amtrak passenger trains running between Vancouver and Seattle each day. The B.C. government announced today it will contribute a...
