Wales: The ‘beautiful’ railway line running through parts of Snowdonia that’s being shunned by passengers

By Lydia Morris, Daily Post Reporter, North Wales Live; December 21, 2018 The Welsh Government has been accused of “failing”…

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Alaska tourism businesses warm up to a growing winter market

By Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News; December 24, 2018 Alaska has long crawled with visitors in the summer months. Now,…

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Hawk captured in New York Penn Station

From Fox 5 New York; December 24, 2018 NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) – Among the Christmas getaway rush on…

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What other carriers are doing: Cruise-Line Size Race Is Over; Now It’s a Battle Over Amenities

Editor’s note: This is another story in an ongoing series about managing food service operations and passenger expectations. – CorridorRail…

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Will Illinois Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker reignite the push to bring rail to Rockford?

By Mary Sugden, Investigative Reporter, WREX NBC 13; December 19, 2018 ROCKFORD (WREX) – It’s a promise Rockfordians have heard…

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Norfolk Southern sues Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over costs of 2016 landslides

By Bob Bauder, Trib Live; December 20, 2018 Norfolk Southern Railroad sued Pittsburgh, seeking more than $1.1 million in damages…

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Down Under: 17 things to watch out for during 17 hours of Australia’s The Indian Pacific

By Dan Barrett, SBS; December 20, 2018 The Indian Pacific: Australia’s Longest Train Journey winds delivers 17 hours of well-measured train…

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California: Amtrak, union have deal on relocation or separation of Riverside workers

By Jack Katzanek, Daily Bulletin; December 21, 2018 Amtrak has reached an agreement with the union representing 500 of its…

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Amtrak: Number-crunching doesn’t do it justice

Opinion By Joseph A. Boardman, Railway Age Magazine; December 21, 2018 Today, as well as for most of its existence,…

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Opening weekend Oklahoma City streetcar ridership totals released

By William Crum, The Oklahoman; December 20, 2018 Embark transit said it counted 20,104 trips taken on the downtown streetcar…

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Feds award PTC grants to Amtrak for the Southwest Chief route, Metra and New Jersey Transit

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 21, 2018 U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) yesterday announced $9.16 million in federal funding toward…

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U.S. miscalculated benefit of better train brakes, the Associated Press reports

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press, The Spokesman-Review; December 20, 2018 BILLINGS, Mont. – President Donald Trump’s administration miscalculated the potential…

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Man who loved riding on top of passenger trains is decapitated by bridge in North Carolina

By Jimmy McCloskey, Metro.co.uk; December 21, 2018 A man who loved riding on top of passenger trains was decapitated after…

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Colorado: Ride, ski and sip: Winter Park Express adding days of operation for 2019

By Ed Sealover Reporter, Denver Business Journal; December 20, 2018 The Amtrak Winter Park Express is adding more days of…

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Trial date set for engineer in 2015 Amtrak Northeast Corridor derailment

The Amtrak engineer charged with the deaths of eight people in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia is scheduled to face…

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Massachusetts considering a Boston East-West rail link — no tunnel needed

By Adam Vaccaro, Globe Staff, Boston Globe;  December 21, 2018 There’s been a lot of talk over the years about…

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Cascades Service: Last year’s Amtrak derailment set back regional train service expansion by years

By Tom Banse, NW News Network; December 18, 2018 Last December’s Amtrak derailment near DuPont, Washington, did more than cost…

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Washington State DOT says it’s on track for train safety deadline

By Alex Bruell, Reporter, TDN.com; December 18, 2018 Amtrak and state transportation officials say they’ve completed installation of a new…

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Wisconsin Governor-Elect Tony Evers to tap Craig Thompson, advocate for transportation revenue boost, to lead WisDOT

By Mark Sommerhauser, Madison.com; December 20, 2018 Gov.-elect Tony Evers has picked to lead the state Department of Transportation a…

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Norfolk Southern will pay back Virginia, City of Norfolk for millions in incentives it received

By Kimberly Pierceall, Staff Writer, The Virginian-Pilot; December 20, 2018 NORFOLK Norfolk Southern says it will pay back the state…

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Arizona: Development around light rail has changed Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa

By Catherine Reagor and Jessica Boehm, Arizona Republic; December 20, 2018 Uptown Phoenix’s Camelback Road and Central Avenue area was…

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Canadian Pacific Board Chair Andrew F. Reardon to retire from Board of Directors; Isabelle Courville designated as the next Chair

A press release from Canadian Pacific Railway; December 17, 2018: CALGARY, Dec. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Andrew F. Reardon has notified…

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New Zealand Transport Agency approves business case for Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail trial

From The New Zealand Herald; December 19, 2018 The business case for a passenger rail start-up trial from Hamilton to…

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Australia: What could go wrong? Passenger is filmed climbing out the side of a speeding train as onlookers slam him as a ‘dangerous idiot’

By Sahr Mourad, Daily Mail Australia; December 16, 2018 An idiotic passenger has been filmed in performing a dangerous stunt…

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Another procession to the morgue, this time after 2 Chicago officers struck and killed by train

By Jeremy Gorner, William Lee, Madeline Buckley and Hannah Leone, Chicago Tribune; December 18, 2018 A long procession of police…

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