U.S., Washington And Virginia: Long Bridge Crisis Solved; A New Passenger Train Bridge Is Coming

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; April 6, 2021 Just about everyone knows the alleged plight of Amtrak’s…

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U.S., Someone Died and Made You King of the Passenger Trains, Part Three

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; February 24, 2021 Someone died and made you king of passenger trains.…

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Europe: SBB and ÖBB to Expand Night Train Services in Europe

By Özgür Töre, FTN News; September 15, 2020 SBB and ÖBB are seeking to scale up the existing night train…

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U.S., California: BART’s Transbay Project Gets $1.2 Billion Boost

By Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor, Railway Age Magazine; September 15, 2020 The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a $1.2 billion grant…

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U.S.: Amtrak CEO Pleads With Congress for Billions in Covid-19 Aid; $5 Billion Total to Keep Long Distance Trains Daily

By Keith Laing, Bloomberg Politics; September 9, 2020 Amtrak’s chief executive pleaded with House lawmakers Wednesday to approve $2.84 billion…

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Canada, Ontario and Quebec: VIA Rail Announces New Daily Frequencies in the Québec-Windsor Corridor

A press release from VIA Rail Canada; August 20, 2020: MONTRÉAL, Aug. 20, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – Due to the…

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U.S., Minnesota: Study offers ways to connect Northstar rail to St. Cloud

By Janet Moore, Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 11, 2020 Connecting the Northstar commuter rail line from Target Field to St.…

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U.S., Commentary: Amtrak, Tri-weekly, The future, and Yogi

Editor’s Note: The commentary below is by Russ Jackson of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of California. Mr. Jackson is the…

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U.S.: Illinois Wins Grant That Will Benefit Amtrak Hiawatha Expansion

By Jeramey Jannene, Urban Milwaukee; May 29, 2020 A new federal grant to repair a railroad junction in Illinois will…

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U.S.: Maryland looks at connecting MARC toward Philadelphia and within Baltimore

By Alex Holt, Maryland Correspondent, Greater Greater Washington; April 22, 2020 Imagine being able to travel all the way from…

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U.S.: Virgin Trains OKs 3 new stations in South Florida, so when will it build stations here on the Treasure Coast and Space Coast?

By Joshua Solomon, Treasure Coast Newspapers, TCPalm.com; December 28, 2019 A blueprint for Virgin Trains USA stations on the Treasure…

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Keeping the Pere Marquette on track to Grand Rapids, Michigan

By JOHN MATUSZAK, HP Staff Writer, The Herald-Palladium; December 27, 2018 ST. JOSEPH — The Pere Marquette Amtrak train – which…

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More departures between Toronto and Ottawa for VIA Rail Canada

A press release from VIA Rail Canada: TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ – Starting November 5, VIA Rail will be offering…

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