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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Virginia: Commonwealth Announces Grand Opening of Staples Mill Parking Project in Richmond

A press release from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation; June 28, 2018: Commonwealth Announces Grand Opening 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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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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Amtrak considering buses for part of Southwest Chief

From The Kansan; June 25, 2018 There is a new threat to the Southwest Chief, a long distance Amtrak train…

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Changes to Amtrak’s Southwest Chief could mean fewer visitors to Flagstaff, Arizona

By Adrian Skabelund, Staff Reporter, Arizona Daily Sun; June 26, 2018 Flagstaff could see fewer tourist dollars coming through the city if…

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Roanoke, Virginia Amtrak ridership after 6 months: “Impressive”

By Evan Jones, WFIR Newstalk Radio; June 25, 2018 State transportation officials say Roanoke Amtrak ridership for the first six…

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Central Florida’s SunRail announces new schedule and opening of four new stations

By Larissa Hamblin, Orlando Weekly; June 19, 2018 SunRail announced four new stations and an updated schedule for all train…

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OP-ED – The Hartford Line: The Train to the Future May Yet Stop Here

By Susan Bigelow, Connecticut News Junkie; June 21, 2018 I crammed myself aboard an Amtrak train with a few hundred…

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144-year-old Jackson, Michigan train station getting upgrades from Amtrak

By Taylor DesOrmeau, mlive.com; June 21, 2018 JACKSON, MI – Jackson’s 144-year-old train station is seeing some improvements this summer.…

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Linking Commuter Rail to Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity in Eastern Massachusetts

By Benjamin Forman, The American Prospect; June 18, 2018 Waiting at a suburban station for the train to Boston, I…

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Hotel, residential and office space planned for land around Chicago Union Station

By Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times; June 18, 2018 After years of big-picture planning and behind-the-scenes bargaining, plans are finally forging…

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Connecticut: Over 20,000 rode CTrail trains during free first weekend

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; June 18, 2018 SPRINGIFELD — More than 20,000 riders took advantage of free trips on the…

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Connecticut: A new rail link between Hartford and New Haven and ‘life completely changed’

By Clarice Silber, The Connecticut Mirror; June 18, 2018 Bronx resident Thomas Rome would regularly crisscross between New York City…

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Conductors, commuters alike take to social media, blogs to spark conversation

By Colleen Ferguson, Rockland/Westchester Journal News; June 18, 2018 For Howard Rosenstein, the Facebook posts started one freezing February morning…

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Columnist Sue Carlton: A trolley instead of a boondoggle? About time, Tampa

By Sue Carleton, Tampa Bay Times; June 15, 2018 You could rightly call the vintage streetcars that trundle between downtown…

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Chicago Metra apologizes for crammed trains on BNSF line after changes

By Marni Pyke, Chicago Daily Herald; June 12, 2018 Two days into its revised schedules on the BNSF Line, Metra…

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Northampton, Massachusetts mayor sees busy train station getting busier with planned north-south Knowledge Corridor service expansion

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; June 13, 2018 Northampton Mayor David J. Narkewicz knows that an old technology — the passenger…

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Despite New CTrail Commuter Line, Rail Upgrades Lag North Of Hartford, Connecticut

By Rebecca Lurye, Reporter, Hartford Courant; June 12, 2018 While the new Hartford Line will roll through several modern train…

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Connecticut: Supporters hope new CTrail Hartford Line changes car culture

By The Associated Press, MyPlainview.com; June 11, 2018 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With a clutch of offices up and down…

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Fares eliminated on downtown Tampa trolley following Florida Department Of Transportation grant

By Devin Rodriguez, Staff Writer, Tampa Bay Times; June 12, 2018 TAMPA — Fares on the TECO Line Streetcar in…

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