November 9, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Mass Transit Magazine, November 7, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have secured enough electoral votes to be named the next President and Vice President of the United States. During his career in the Senate, Biden became well-known for...
October 30, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Roll Call, October 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak conducts random drug tests on conductors and engineers but fails to include about 4,000 other employees who work in safety-related positions, the company’s inspector general said in a new report...
October 29, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, October 28, 2020) NEW YORK — In a newly released video, Amtrak Vice President Northeast Corridor Service Line Caroline Decker takes viewers on a tour of the onboard amenities and features that customers will be able to enjoy when the next...
October 28, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 27, 2020) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Meeting in their fifth special session of the year, lawmakers adjourned earlier this month after approving a nearly $2 billion bonding bill that did not include funding for the Twin...
October 27, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Houston Chronicle, October 23, 2020) HOUSTON — Amtrak has made significant cuts to service in response to COVID-19-related plunges in ridership, including San Antonio’s daily routes, but the city remains part of its expansion talks. Full story: Houston...
October 22, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Forbes, October 21, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak CEO William Flynn on Wednesday asked the Senate to provide emergency funding to help the transportation company operate next year, as ridership continues to decline amid the pandemic and is forecasted to...
October 22, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Great Falls Tribune, October 21, 2020) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A business leader from the Hi-Line joined Montana’s two senators on Wednesday in urging a top Amtrak official to reconsider temporary reductions made to daily rail service in the Treasure...
October 21, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Press release from the office of Montana Senator Jon Tester, October 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Tester today released the following statement as Amtrak’s cuts in service to the Empire Builder line, which crosses the entire state of Montana...
October 21, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, October 21, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chief executive of Amtrak will tell lawmakers on Wednesday the U.S. passenger railroad expects travel and revenue to fall by more than 70% from pre-coronavirus levels in 2021, as it considers more service and...
October 20, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Roll Call, October 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The COVID-19 pandemic may force a reckoning for Amtrak’s long-distance routes, bringing about cuts that critics have long urged but that passenger rail advocates in and out of Congress say could undermine the...
