April 17, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Great Falls Tribune posted the following story on its website on April 17.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — James House of Shelby will spend a month in a federal prison for stealing almost $19,000 in ticket money from Amtrak. U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon also...
April 16, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Hartford Courant posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 15.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Amtrak will lower fares and add additional trains on its Springfield, Mass. to New Haven route, the railroad announced Tuesday. The commuter rail...
April 16, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Contra Costa Times posted the following article by Lisa Vorderbrueggen on its website on April 16.) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — At a time when transit agencies all over the nation are losing riders in droves, Capitol Corridor will add its third train in the past...
April 15, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Albany Times-Union posted the following article by Cathy Woodruff on its website on April 15.) ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s first rebuilt Turboliner train made its inaugural round trip to New York City with paying passengers aboard on Monday, marking a...
April 15, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Maine television station WLBZ posted the following story on its website on April 14.) BANGOR, Maine — Visiting Maine Friday, the president of Amtrak said despite the rail carrier’s financial problems, it will honor its commitment to the Downeaster train...
April 14, 2003 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The Hampton Union posted the following article by Sue Morse on its website on April 14.) HAMPTON, N.H. — I board the Downeaster in Dover on Tuesday with about a dozen other passengers to take the morning commuter train into Boston. What is an adventure and a...
April 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Salem Statesman Journal posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 11.) ASTORIA, Ore. — Passenger train service linking Portland and Astoria as a part of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial will begin May 23 and operate four days per...
April 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The High Point Enterprise posted the following article by Michele Abbott on its website on April 11.) HIGH POINT, N.C. — The state transportation department had good news Thursday for the 2,500-plus passengers who travel from Charlotte to Raleigh each month on...
April 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Chana R. Schoenberger was posted on Forbes.com on April 10.) NEW YORK — The third-degree security checks now reassuring commercial air travelers since Sept. 11 are nowhere to be found at Amtrak. The national passenger rail service...
April 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on April 10.) WASHINGTON – In testimony before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies today, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Michael P....