An Orange County agency finalized a contract with a geo-technical firm to begin emergency work to stabilize railroad tracks, tentatively scheduled to begin this week.
WEST VIRGINIA (LOOTPRESS) - Amtrak recently released their State Fact Sheets for FY 2021 and according to the West Virginia
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Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner, which was only restored to twice-a-day round trips in July after finding funds to restore full service, is about to be trimmed once again to one daily round trip between St. Louis and Kansas City. Effective Oct. 24 through Nov. 16, westbound train No. 311 an…
Amtrak and BNSF are asking judges to move at least three cases over a deadly summer train crash because too few people live in Chariton County.
Train hits truck in south Monterey county killing one woman Saturday afternoon
USA: The US Department of Labor has awarded Delaware Department of Transportation a $11m grant to fund a ‘Railroading 101’ pre-employment training programme to be delivered with Amtrak. This aims to improve job opportunities in the state, build a more diverse rail workforce and provide participants…
The Surface Transportation Board has created a passenger rail office that will be responsible for investigating and analyzing Amtrak on-time performance on host railroads. The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 authorizes the STB to investigate the causes of substanda…
The idea of the planning and engineering grants for bridge rehab is to help local governments get more projects “shovel ready.”
Transportation Workers Union chief says he cannot make sense of the millions of dollars Amtrak executives received in bonuses.
A declining number of volunteers threatens to derail the program at the River Runner Amtrak station.
The train ride has prompted a call for improvements to Amtrak’s services. In 2021, the Wolverine line was late on four out of 10 trips. In recent months, it’s been hitting the target about half the time.
As part of our continuing coverage of the effects of the COVID-19 virus on the rail scene since it first struck the world in March 2020, we have been presenting semi-annual updates
A new train station, known officially as the Claymont Regional Transportation Center (CRTC), the first phase in a major redevelopment project in the northern Delaware town, is currently taking shape with plans to open in 2023, according to Railway Technology.
Passengers on two Amtrak trains were left in the dark Friday night after they stopped on the tracks for approximately four and a half hours in East Chicago, according to
Insider’s reporter paid $100 extra for a business-class ticket on Amtrak and thought the larger seat and free drink weren’t worth the higher price.
“He took the midnight train going anywhere ...” For Pantagraph Night City Editor Roger Miller, the destination was Baltimore — and the overnight journey was well worth the ticket price.
Utah’s Department of Transportation has signed on to a letter to the federal government expressing interest in creating passenger rail routes that connect Boise and Las Vegas to Salt Lake City.
Amtrak will finally restore daily service to and from New Orleans on the Crescent and City of New Orleans, among the last of the routes that have only offered five-day-a-week operations since service cuts in January. Saturday and Sunday service on both the Chicago-New Orleans City rout…
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