September 27, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday dropped a plan to require Amtrak to shut down five money-losing long-distance train routes that serve Chicago, but they insisted on a funding cap that could have the same effect, according to the Chicago Tribune. The...
September 27, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — According to Reuters, a key House of Representatives committee approved a Republican-led plan on Thursday that Democrats said would force financially ailing Amtrak to cut several long-distance routes next year. The appropriations transportation...
September 27, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Appropriations Committee, voting along party lines, defeated an effort to give Amtrak the $1.2 billion the railroad says it needs next year and pushed through an amendment that threatens many — perhaps all — long-distance...
September 27, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — A House panel approved a funding plan for Amtrak on Thursday that critics say would force the railroad to eliminate routes or even shut down, the Associated Press reported. The House Appropriations Committee’s plan would give the struggling...
September 26, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
BURLINGTON, Vt. — There will be no Amtrak staff at Vermont rail stations beginning this weekend, according to WPTZ-TV in Burlington, Vt. The national passenger railroad has announced it is laying off staff at all four of its ticket stations in the state. Those...
September 26, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
CHICAGO — Five long-distance Amtrak routes that begin in Chicago and lose more than $200 per passenger face possible elimination under a plan that will be considered in Congress Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Republican-backed proposal to terminate...
September 26, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
BOSTON — The Massachusetts congressional delegation has asked Amtrak CEO David Gunn for a face-to-face meeting to discuss the recent firing of the Amtrak official in charge of running the MBTA’s commuter-rail system, as well as to answer questions about...
September 25, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
ALBANY, N.Y. — It’s a never-changing ritual of Capital Region business life, according to the Business Review of Albany, N.Y. On weekday mornings, bleary-eyed, briefcase-toting, business-suited men and women board trains in Rensselaer, Schenectady and...
September 25, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A House committee on Thursday is expected to complete work on a transportation spending bill that could eliminate Amtrak service in Houston and other parts of Texas, and deny the state $13.7 million for repairing flood-damaged roads, the...
September 25, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee have drafted a bill that would leave Amtrak with $500 million less than it says it needs next fiscal year and could require the shutdown of six long-distance routes, according to a copy of the...
