Amtrak Enticing Travelers to Maine with New Rail Pass

By Donald Wood, Travel Pulse; June 8, 2018 For rail travelers looking for an adventure this summer, Amtrak and the…

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Latest scheme to stop UK train overcrowding: Don’t tell waiting passengers that a train is coming and then don’t let them get on

By Nick Enoch, MailOnline; June 8, 2018 The Government has come up with a novel idea to tackle overcrowding on…

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Automobiles, planes, and—oh yes—trains

By Andrew Selden, Railway Age Magazine; June 1, 2018 Passenger trains don’t operate in a vacuum. They compete for business…

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First quarter 2018: VIA Rail Canada increased revenues by 11.4 % and ridership by 12.4%

A press release from VIA Rail Canada; May 31, 2018: MONTRÉAL, May 31, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – At the start of…

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Conway, South Carolina could be a railway tourism hub

By Julie Calhoun, WBTW News 13 CBS; May 30, 2018 CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW)- Soon, you could hop on a train…

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ProRail invests billions in Netherlands railway renewal

By Janene Pieters, NL Times; May 31, 2018 The number of train passengers in the Netherlands is expected to grow…

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Common Council on board in opposing reduction in Amtrak’s long-distance train network

By Alderman Robert J. Bauman, Urban Milwaukee; May 30, 2018 Today (Wednesday, May 30) the Common Council approved legislation placing…

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Amtrak concerns in North Dakota raised by Senator Heitkamp

By Barry Amundson, Inforum; May 30, 2018 FARGO. —  U.S. Sen Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., has written to the top Amtrak…

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Commentary: Amtrak passengers will get fed up with cold food service

By Carl H. Fowler, Commentary, The Albany Times-Union; May 30, 2018 When Amtrak was created in 1971, one of its…

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Kansas column: Here’s argument for subsidizing Amtrak

By Mike Hall, The Topeka Capital-Journal; May 29, 2018 People who complain about the government subsidy for Amtrak remind me…

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Ohio: Amtrak is cutting staff at Union Terminal. That has local leaders worried about the future of rail service to Cincinnati

By Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer; May 28, 2018 The planned closure of Amtrak’s ticket office at Union Terminal has caused…

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May long weekend: VIA Rail’s ridership continues to grow

A press release from VIA Rail Canada; May 24, 2018: HIGHLIGHTS For the period of Thursday, May 17 to Tuesday,…

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The Tōkaidō Shinkansen’s World-Class Safety, Reliability, and Frequency

From nippon.com; May 25, 2018 The Tōkaidō Shinkansen—a 552.6-kilometer train line that links Tokyo and Shin-Osaka Stations—debuted in 1964, just…

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Central Florida: Here’s how many riders SunRail expects its newest stations to have

By Veronica Brezina, Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal; May 14, 2018 SunRail is chugging toward opening its $186.9 million Southern…

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Brightline Texas? Brightline Examines Expanding Outside Florida

By Mike Vogel, Florida Trend Magazine; May 14, 2018 As privately owned and run intercity passenger train Brightline begins service…

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Japan’s famously polite train commuters lose their cool sometimes. There were 825 attacks last year

By Julian Ryall, South China Morning Post; May 14, 2018 Issei Izawa only started university in April, but he already…

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Former Amtrak President and CEO asks about his former company – Amtrak: Where is the public input? Where is the transparency?

By Joseph A. Boardman, Railway Age Magazine; May 10, 2018 Having spent much of my productive life at the state…

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VIA Rail reports strong Growth in 2017

A press release from VIA Rail Canada; May 7, 2018: HIGHLIGHTS From January 1 to December 31, 2017 ALL TRAIN…

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California: Work starts on Coaster station improvements

By Phil Diehl, Reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune; May 5, 2018 Construction has begun on a pedestrian underpass, elevated platforms,…

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Governments of Canada and Ontario enhance passenger capacity on the GO Transit system by investing in new bi-level coaches

A press release from Infrastructure Canada; April 30, 2018: BURLINGTON, ON, April 30, 2018 /CNW/ – Investing in public infrastructure supports…

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Osceola County Commissioner hopes to bolster SunRail ridership throughout Central Florida

By Julie Gargotta, Spectrum News 13; April 26, 2018 OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — When it comes to commuter rail ridership,…

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All Aboard Florida’s Brightline trains look empty? Palm Beach Post counts how many were on board

Comment: CCRail has worked hard to provide a wide range of coverage about All Aboard Florida’s entrepreneurial Brightline passenger train…

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