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Report on Amtrak power outage due soon

(The following article by Larry Higgs was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on December 6.) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Amtrak board Chairman David M. Laney said Tuesday he expects results of an independent report into the May 25 Northeast Corridor power outage,...

Amtrak discusses restoring service to Mobile

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Kaija Wilkinson on December 3.) MOBILE, Ala. — Despite pleas from at least two rail passenger advocacy groups, Amtrak has made no move to reinstate some form of the Sunset Limited service east of New...

Amtrak discusses restoring service to Mobile

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Kaija Wilkinson on December 3.) MOBILE, Ala. — Despite pleas from at least two rail passenger advocacy groups, Amtrak has made no move to reinstate some form of the Sunset Limited service east of New...

Amtrak struggles to compete on cost

(The following article by Summer Harlow was posted on the News Journal website on December 1.) WILMINGTON, Del. — For the past 11 years, on the first weekend of December, Debra Panicucci has taken the train from Wilmington to New York for four days of shopping...

Amtrak struggles to compete on cost

(The following article by Summer Harlow was posted on the News Journal website on December 1.) WILMINGTON, Del. — For the past 11 years, on the first weekend of December, Debra Panicucci has taken the train from Wilmington to New York for four days of shopping...

TCU to fight job changes at Amtrak

(The following article by Jonathan Shikes was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on November 30.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Picketing train stations and walking off the job are some of the tactics the Amtrak employees union could apply to keep the passenger...

TCU to fight job changes at Amtrak

(The following article by Jonathan Shikes was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on November 30.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Picketing train stations and walking off the job are some of the tactics the Amtrak employees union could apply to keep the passenger...

Amtrak control of corridor questioned

(The following article by Tom Feeney was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 28.) NEWARK, N.J. — Rail operations on the Northeast Corridor should be run by the federal and state governments rather than Amtrak, according to a think tank’s...