December 8, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: CNN, December 7, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Joe Biden could return to the nation’s capital for his inauguration ceremony the way he long bridged his life at home and his job in politics: On an Amtrak train from Wilmington, Delaware, to...
December 2, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Amtrak press release, December 1, 2020) LOS ANGELES — Amtrak announced that Metrolink, Southern California’s passenger train service, awarded Amtrak a four-and-a-half-year contract for commuter train operations services that will begin on January 1, 2021 and...
December 2, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, December 1, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. airlines would receive $17 billion for four months of payroll support under a new $908 billion bipartisan Senate COVID-19 relief proposal, staffers for two U.S. Senators said on Tuesday. A bipartisan group of...
December 1, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Transportation Today, November 30, 2020) WASHINGTON D.C. — Amtrak officials maintain that funding is needed to continue focusing on improving future intercity passenger rail service in the wake of the carrier meeting the challenges presented by the COVID-19...
December 1, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Amtrak press release, December 1, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn announced that Stephen Gardner has been appointed President, effective Dec. 1, 2020. Gardner’s appointment is part of a broader set of actions taken under Flynn’s...
November 30, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 25, 2020) Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and New Jersey officials have expressed reservations about the feasibility of proposals for the Hudson River rail tunnel project outlined in an independent report released by the Gateway...
November 25, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Lewiston Sun Journal, November 24, 2020) BRUNSWICK — The coronavirus pandemic has stopped the Downeaster passenger rail service’s record growth in its tracks, although Amtrak’s northern line is still chugging along. Full story:...
November 25, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Tony Coscia, November 23, 2020. Mr. Coscia is Chairman of the Amtrak Board of Directors.) NEW YORK — It has been an honor to serve on the Amtrak Board for the past decade. I am extremely proud of the hardworking employees at...
November 24, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 24, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — A similar solution that spared subway riders from a painful service disruption for tunnel repairs could be used on the 110-year-old Hudson River rail tunnels damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, said a consultant’s...
November 24, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, November 23, 2020) NEW YORK — Amtrak reported today preliminary results for fiscal year 2020 (October 2019-September 2020), including an operating loss of $801.1 million due to the pandemic. Operating revenues were $2.3 billion, a decrease of...
