December 13, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 13.) STAPLES, Minn. — Authorities have arrested four people after finding four pounds of methamphetamine at an Amtrak station in Staples, Minn. A 25-year-old man from Clackamus, Ore., was...
December 12, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by David Sharp on December 12.) PORTLAND, Me. — Amtrak’s Downeaster has bounced back from a drop in passengers last year with a 15 percent increase in ridership through November, a boost spurred in...
December 12, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Arthur Frommer, On a Budget was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on December 11.) LOS ANGELES — In the last several weeks, while the news was full of disasters and discussion of avian flu, Amtrak was dealt two quiet blows. The...
December 12, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial by Neil Peirce was posted on the Seattle Times website on December 12.) SEATTLE — The United States needs strong regional passenger-rail systems, linked across the country to provide alternatives to highway grids already choked by autos...
December 12, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald and Glen Justice was posted on the New York Times website on December 10.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak certainly knows how to lose money, but the railroad says it can lose less if only it can get out of the business of hauling...
December 5, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial was posted on the Washington Post website on December 2.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak President David L. Gunn was abruptly fired last month by a board of directors that is operating with just four of seven members. Only one board member,...
December 5, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 5.) CHICAGO — When the “City of New Orleans” pulls out of Chicago’s Union Station tomorrow evening on its nightly run to the Big Easy, there will be some special passengers...
December 1, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Lisa Kernek was posted on the Springfield Journal Register website on December 1.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An advocacy group wants the state to add two more trips a day to the Amtrak route between Springfield and Chicago. The Chicago-based...
December 1, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Carla Roccapriore was posted on the Reno Gazette Journal website on December 1.) RENO, Nevada — Reno’s remodeled downtown train station that will accompany the railroad trench has its certificate of occupancy, but passengers are...
December 1, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Robert Cohen was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on December 1.) WASHINGTON — After vowing to eliminate all subsidies for Amtrak, President Bush signed legislation yesterday that will provide the financially ailing passenger...
