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Opinion: Does Amtrak management want to take apart the national network?
July 19th, 2019
July 19, 2019 - Opinion - Charles Florio -
I live in Longview Texas about 25 miles east of Tyler and 120 miles east of Dallas. Longview and Tyler (Mineola) are about 100,000 population each. My wife and I travel on...
Mobile council endorses ‘positive’ resolution on Amtrak’s Gulf Coast return
July 12th, 2019
July 9, 2019 - al.com -
A “positive” resolution addressing passenger rail service’s return to the Gulf Coast was approved Tuesday by the Mobile, Alabama City Council.
The vote came four days before representatives with the Southern Rail Commission are scheduled to...
SurfBoard allows Texas Central a second try at interstate commerce designation
June 24th, 2019
June 24, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
In what has been described as a positive step for Texas Central Railway, the Surface Transportation Board has granted the high-speed railroad company a chance to come back with additional documentation showing that they...
Heartland Flyer at 20: celebration that brings two states together
June 24th, 2019
June 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire / The Oklahoman -
Katie Moore, who as an 11 year old back in 1999, picked the winning name for the train that serves Texas and Oklahoma every day, accepts a "golden ticket" and a...
Within 24 months: passenger rail service returning to Gulf Coast
June 8th, 2019
June 7, 2019 - al.com -
By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com
Amtrak is expected to return to the Gulf Coast within 24 months, linking a new passenger rail between New Orleans and Mobile.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced Friday the awarding of a $33...
Come out and celebrate 20 years of the Heartland Flyer on June 14
June 5th, 2019
Updated June 11, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
A crowd is expected at Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and points in-between on Friday, June 14 to celebrate 20 years of passenger rail service on the Heartland Flyer route between the two states....
Supreme Court will not hear AAR's argument on Amtrak metrics, standards
June 5th, 2019
June 5, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Association of American Railroads' (AAR) challenge to a federal statute that allowed Amtrak to help set Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) performance and scheduling standards on the nation's railroads.
The court denied...
Amtrak, freight railroads continue service suspensions due to flooding
June 4th, 2019
June 3, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
Severe weather, heavy rain and historic flooding conditions continue to affect freight and passenger railroads' operations in parts of the U.S. South, Central Plains and Midwest regions.
Amtrak announced late last week that it has cancelled its...
Rebuttal to WaPo editorial: focusing on profits misses the point of Amtrak
May 18th, 2019
May 17, 2019 - Opinion - Jim Mathews, Rail Passengers Association -
The May 4 Washington Post editorial “A road to salvation?,” attacking America’s long-distance train service, trotted out the same tired talking points about profits and losses that anti-rail interests...
Federal support for Texas high-speed rail from 10 Congressional districts
April 26th, 2019
April 26, 2019 - RailPassengers.org -
On the heels of yet another dozen or so anti-high-speed-rail bills heard in the Texas state legislature comes a voice of support at the Federal level. Representative Johnson (D-TX) sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board this...