Trump budget proposes again to cut federal funding for Amtrak in half, which Congress has rejected

By Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, KING 5 News NBC; February 12, 2018 WASHINGTON — President Trump proposed again in his…

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Shuster Statement on White House Infrastructure Principles

A press release from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; February 12, 2018: Washington, DC – House Transportation and Infrastructure…

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Transportation Trade Department, AFL-CIO Statement on White House Infrastructure Proposal

A press release from the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO; February 12, 2018: Washington, DC — Larry I. Willis,…

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Maryland: Entire Baltimore Metro Subway System To Remain Closed For Up To 4 Weeks

By Amy Yensi, WJZ CBS Baltimore; February 11, 2018 BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration…

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Washington State: Rail car swap eases overcrowding on Sounder train

  By Melissa Slager, HeraldNet; February 10, 2018 Sound Transit on Monday adds an additional passenger car on the 7:15…

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Trump signs budget bill with small-railroad tax credit

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 9, 2018 The regional and short line railroad investment tax…

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America’s railroad blues are self-inflicted wounds

By Jon Talton, Columnist, The Seattle Times; February 10, 2018 From the Dec. 18th derailment of Amtrak Cascades 501 to…

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White House releases 55-page, $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan

By Mallory Shelbourne, The Hill; February 12, 2018 The White House on Monday officially released a 55-page proposal for President…

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India: Five elephants killed due to train-hit in Assam

From A Correspondent Report, The Shillong Times; February 11, 2018 GUWAHATI: At least five wild elephants were killed after they…

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Most U.S. rail workers show support for UP, BNSF union labor contract that covers 15,000 employees in Nebraska

  By Russell Hubbard, Staff Writer, Omaha World-Herald; February 10, 2018 Railroad labor unions representing the more than 13,000 industry…

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Top U.S. Railroad Official Out After Reports of Moonlighting

By Arit John, Bloomberg Politics; February 10, 2018 Heath Hall has resigned as a top official with the Federal Railroad…

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Ryanair on rails? Spain’s high-speed AVE train tries a low-cost formula

By Ramón Muñoz, El Pais; February 9  2018 Spain’s state railway company, Renfe, is experimenting with low-cost formulas that mirror…

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Boston: How a judge’s son got to be a commuter rail engineer despite multiple drunken driving charges

By Andrea Estes, Staff, Boston Globe; February 10, 2018 He was so drunk that August night in 2012 that his…

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New Jersey Senators Booker, Menendez slam Trump on rail safety as Democrats block nominee

By Curtis Tate, Staff Writer, NorthJersey.com; February 9, 2018 HOBOKEN — New Jersey’s U.S. senators ripped into the Trump administration…

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Virginia: City of Roanoke considers new multi-modal station downtown

By Alison Wickline, Reporter, WSLS 10 News NBC; February 9, 2018 ROANOKE, Va. – The city of Roanoke is looking…

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Quebec: Montreal’s $6.3-billion light rail network finalized, expected to open in 2021

By The Canadian Press, Daily Commercial News; February 8, 2018 MONTREAL—Montreal’s new rail project that will connect the city to…

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UK: Virgin East Coast is close to financial collapse

From The Economist; February 8, 2018 THE East Coast mainline is Britain’s most scenic long-distance railway. Connecting London to Edinburgh…

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New York City: Return of Queens commuter rail feasible, but costly

By  Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; February 8, 2018 A study conducted by AECOM on behalf of the New York…

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Miami: The county may have found $2 billion to extend Metrorail. But there’s a catch.

By Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald; February 8, 2018 After years of complaints but no new money, Miami-Dade commissioners may have…

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Acela pull-apart preliminary findings: FRA

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 8, 2018 The Federal Railroad Administration has issued preliminary findings on…

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Minnesota: BNSF Backs Out Of Blue Line Extension, Leaving Project In Limbo

By Pat Kessler, WCCO CBS Minnesota: February 8, 2018 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A long-planned light rail line from Minneapolis to…

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Eurostar to finally launch first London-Amsterdam direct train service in April

By Simon Calder, Travel Correspondent, The Independent; February 9, 2018 London-Amsterdam direct by train in three hours 41 minutes –…

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All Aboard Florida: Free ride on Brightline train with Valentine’s Day offer

By Doreen Christensen, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; February 8, 2018 Wisk your sweetheart off to dinner in West Palm Beach or…

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Camel trains are holding up Ethiopia’s new railway line

From The Economist; February 10, 2018 “MORE than any other technical design or social institution,” wrote the late British historian,…

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