All Aboard Florida’s Brightline financial documents reveal first quarter ridership, revenue

By Lisa Broadt, Treasure Coast Newspapers; June 29, 2018 Brightline carried 74,780 riders and collected $663,700 in ticket revenue in its…

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Southern Rail Commission apologizes, while former member continues to attack Alabama governor

By John Sharp, AL.com; June 28, 2018 The head of the Southern Rail Commission apologized to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday…

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The Daily CSX: CSX revives eastern North Carolina intermodal terminal plans – with $118M from state department of tranxsportation

By Lauren K. Ohnesorge, Senior Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal; June 28,2018 Plans for the Carolina Connecter, a CSX intermodal…

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The Daily CSX: FBI arrests three for CSX robberies spanning 18 years in Buffalo, New York

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; June 29, 2018 Three men in Buffalo, N.Y., have been arrested and charged…

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Washington State: Point Defiance Bypass testing, train travel update

From Tacoma Weekly; June 28, 2018 Following the derailment on an Amtrak train in DuPont on Dec. 18, 2017, Washington…

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Fighting For Members’ Jobs At The US/Mexican border

A press release from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; June 27, 2018: INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/…

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Amtrak May End Passenger Rail Service In West Kansas. Moran: ‘Amtrak Is Not Doing Its Job’

By Ben Kuebrich, KCUR 89.3; June 28, 2018 Amtrak may end passenger rail service through Dodge City, Garden City and…

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Group wants to get transportation on-track in Eastern Oregon

By Antonio Sierra, East Oregonian; June 27, 2018 The acronym for the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Activists is…

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Amtrak in Pursuit of New Equipment to Replace Amfleet I Cars

A press release from Amtrak; June 27, 2018: Proven equipment wanted to operate on routes east of the Mississippi WASHINGTON…

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Canadian Rail safety watchdog calls for training overhaul after 74-car runaway train rolled through Greater Toronto Area

From CBC News; June 27, 2018 A probe into how 74 rail cars were allowed to roll uncontrolled for five…

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Feds approve New Jersey Transit plan that could buy 2 more years for safety system

By Curtis Tate, NorthJersey.com; June 27, 2018 NJ Transit received approval from federal regulators Tuesday for a plan that could…

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Kansas Senator Moran: Amtrak pulled out of TIGER grant

By Chad Frey, Newton Kansan, June 27, 2018 Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan) was excited and upbeat about the future of…

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All Aboard Florida: Too Long To Drive, Too Short To Fly? Brightline Seeks To Solve A Common Travel Dilemma

By Irene S. Levine, Contributor, Forbes; June 26, 2018 When distances between cities are great, air travel may be the…

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Brightline CEO Goddard: Train will transform Palm Beach County in South Florida

By Jennifer Sorentrue, Staff Writer, Palm Beach Post; June 26, 2018 As Brightline’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Patrick Goddard led…

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Amtrak exploring ending Southwest Chief through-service

By John Green, The Hutchinson News; June 26, 2018 During a meeting last week between Amtrak’s CEO and a small…

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New England: CTrail Hartford Line ridership tops 10,000 in week one

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; June 26, 2018 CTrail, the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield train service, drew 10,719 fare-paying passengers in its first…

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Passengers in India hold up train for an hour; get toilets cleaned

By Jaskaran Singh, TNN, The Times of India; June 27, 2018 AMBALA: The stink from train toilets forced the air-conditioned…

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The Daily CSX: CSX trains block Baldwin, Florida roads for hours – baffling residents, hurting businesses

By Emily Sullivan,The Florida Times-Union; June 25, 2018 CSX trains routinely block roads in Baldwin for periods that take minutes…

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Colonial Heights, Virginia on track for new Amtrak Train Station site

By Kelsey Reichenberg, Staff Writer, The Progress-Index; June 25, 2018 COLONIAL HEIGHTS — After several years of multijurisdictional deliberation, impact…

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