August 25, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Jon Hilkevitch was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on August 25.) CHICAGO — Amtrak ridership grew by 10 percent on average this year on the four routes through Illinois partially paid for by the state, officials announced...
August 25, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Mike Colias on August 24.) CHICAGO — Each of the four state-funded Amtrak routes to and from Chicago served a record number of riders during Illinois’ most recent fiscal year, transportation...
August 25, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 25.) NEW YORK –Amtrak riders between New York and Boston can expect lengthy delays and canceled trains as the rail service tries to repair overhead power lines that were badly damaged by a freight...
August 25, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rip Watson on August 24.) BOSTON — Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, canceled Acela and Metroliner service between New York and Boston through tomorrow because of damage to overhead electric-power lines...
August 24, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Rubina Madan was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on August 24.) ATLANTA — Though cheap plane tickets and superhighways may have curbed its popularity, the Brookwood Amtrak Station still bustles with travelers twice a...
August 24, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Steve Cahalan was posted on the La Crosse Tribune website on August 24.) LA CROSSE, Wisc. — Passenger numbers are increasing on the Empire Builder route between Chicago and Portland/Seattle, and recent train improvements and new...
August 24, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Peter J. Howe was posted on the Boston Globe website on August 24.) BOSTON — Extending a summer of woe for its riders, Amtrak canceled nearly 40 percent of its train service from Boston to New York today, as it continues to recover from...
August 24, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 23.) NEW YORK — A freight train derailment in the South Bronx on Thursday morning knocked out all Amtrak service between Penn Station and New Haven, Conn., authorities said. A CSX freight train...
August 24, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Sean Gorman was posted on the White Plains Journal News website on August 23.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A freight train derailment in the south Bronx shut down Amtrak service today between Manhattan’s Pennsylvania Station and New...
August 23, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(New York Television station WABC posted the following article on its website on August 23.) NEW YORK — Amtrak is having some problems this morning. There’s been a freight train derailment in the South Bronx. Officials say it happened about 7:30 this...
