U.S.: California’s scaled-back high-speed rail plan faces doubts amid financial crunch

By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times (TNS), Herald-Mail Media; September 10, 2020 LOS ANGELES — It was just last year…

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California: Manager of Valley’s San Joaquin trains may ditch Amtrak as operator

By Dale Yurong, ABC 30 KFSN; November 15, 2019 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Amtrak has provided rail service in the…

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California: Why shouldn’t we give up on high-speed rail? Because it can transform Valley and state

By The Editorial Board, The Fresno Bee; June 13, 2019 In today’s heated political climate, it is easy to lose…

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California: Amtrak’s San Joaquin Service Through Valley Expanding

By Jody Murray, GV Wire; May 15, 2019 Amtrak is beefing up its train schedule through the San Joaquin Valley,…

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California: Amtrak added a train to Sacramento for commuters in Modesto area. What went wrong?

By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; April 5, 2019 Low ridership is forcing Amtrak to suspend a train that gets…

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San Joaquin Valley’s Amtrak grappling with ridership declines, despite earlier train times

By Tim Sheehan, The Fresno Bee; November 20, 2018 Amtrak’s San Joaquin trains that roll daily through Fresno en route…

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California: Getting to Sacramento is about to get a lot easier

By Vito Chiesa, The Modesto Bee; April 6, 2018 Making the stressful drive to Sacramento for an early morning meeting…

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Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley rail service is an old idea whose time has come again

By The Editorial Board, The Sacramento Bee; October 4, 2017 The prospect that new trains could be delivering passengers to…

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