Three Ultra-Luxury Sleeping Options On Amtrak – Part 3

By Francis Tapon, Contributor, Forbes; September 27, 2018 It probably takes just four words to make you uncomfortable and repulsed:…

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A passenger train to link Shanghai and Antwerp is in the works

By Kenny Ong, Time Out Shanghai; September 28, 2018 If you’re someone who swoons at the thought of taking a…

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Germany: DB to purchase 18 ICE 4 trains as part of €1bn investment

By David Burroughs, International Railway Journal; September 27, 2018 GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on September 27 that it is investing…

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Federal Transit Administration demands Honolulu transit agency to address funding shortfalls

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; September 27, 2018 The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has asked the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation…

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New England: ConnDOT finishes Hartford Line track project

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; September 26, 2018 HARTFORD — The Connecticut Department of Transportation said Tuesday it has completed four…

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New York/New Jersey: This PATH train was so crowded a man remained standing after fainting

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; September 26, 2018 A PATH train was so crowded Wednesday morning that when a man passed…

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France to modernise remaining overnight trains

By Keith Barrow, International Railway Journal; September 24, 2018 THE French state will provide €30m to modernise rolling stock used…

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Eurobarometer: Europeans Happy With Passenger Rail Services

By GTP Editing Team, Greek Travel Pages; September 26, 2018 More than half of Greek commuters (54 percent) are satisfied…

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Mocked for shaving on train, man gets New Jersey Transit job interview

By Francis Lally, Asbury Park Press; September 26, 2018 Anthony Torres, 56, the homeless man who was shamed on social…

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Brightline offering $150 trip to Tuscany (OK, Miami) on October 5 (wine included)

By Michael Mayo, Reporter, SouthFlorida.com; September 25, 2018 Napa Valley has its Wine Train. And now, South Florida has the…

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Riding the Brightline, America’s Train of the Future

By Paul Rubio, Conde Nast Traveler; September 25, 2018 It seems every business nowadays labels itself an industry “disrupter.” But…

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Canada: Ottawa’s Confederation Line Delayed

By John Thompson, Canadian Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; September 25, 2018 Opening of Ottawa’s C$2.1 billion Confederation LRT line has been…

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Gas-tax repeal backers to launch new campaign to halt California’s bullet train

By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times; September 25, 2018 Backers of a November initiative to repeal the gas-tax increase said…

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Caltrain weekend service to San Francisco cut for 6 months during construction

By Michael Cabanatuan, SFGate.com; September 25, 2018 Weekend Caltrain riders won’t be able to ride the train to or from…

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Amtrak dome car that was to operate on Adirondack damaged in Maine

By Eric Anderson, Albany Times-Union; September 26, 2018 Rensselaer –  Amtrak’s “great dome car,” a glass-topped 1950s-era passenger rail car…

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HNTB Releases New Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Believe Public Transportation Should Receive Government Funding

A press release from HNTB Corporation; September 24, 2018: NEW YORK (PRWEB)September 24, 2018 Key findings include: Eight-six percent of…

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Long Island Rail Road Double Track project completed more than a year ahead of schedule

By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; September 24, 2018 A project that added a second track along a 13-mile stretch…

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Minnesota: Ramsey County still hopeful about a second daily passenger train from Chicago to the Twin Cities

By Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press; September 24, 2018 The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners remains optimistic that a second daily…

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UK: How Virgin Trains is using tech to become a customer-obsessed company

By Taylor Bragg, T_HQ; September 21, 2018 It’s been over 200 years since the first passenger train ran in the…

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It’s New Jersey Transit’s go-to excuse for canceling trains, but it’s not the whole story

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; September 24, 2018 For NJ Transit commuters, the initials PTC might as well stand for Potential…

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Pennsylvania Department Of Transportation to review passenger rail service between Pittsburgh and Altoona

By Paul J. Gough, Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times; September 21, 2018 The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will review the potential…

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Long Island Rail Road’s disability payouts plunge after fraud revealed

By The Associated Press, The News Tribune; September 22, 2018 NEW YORK – Federal disability payments for Long Island Rail…

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Advertising: Amtrak Selects Y&R-Led WPP Team as Agency of Record

By Erik Oster, ADWEEK; September 21, 2018 Passenger railroad service Amtrak selected a WPP team led by Y&R as its…

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South Florida: Track repairs will slow Tri-Rail trains for the rest of the year

By Wayne K. Roustan, Reporter, South Florida Sun Sentinel; September 21, 2018 Railroad track maintenance and repairs are expected to…

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Sunset Limited: 25th anniversary of deadliest Amtrak crash in history

Editor’s Note: Two permanent plaques commemorate the tragedy and lives lost when the Sunset Limited plunged from the Big Bayou…

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