Amtrak Didn’t Heed Work-Zone Speed Advice Before Fatal Crash

By Alan Levin, Bloomberg; April 30, 2018 Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which…

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Amtrak Report Says 30th Street Station in Philadelphia Can’t Be Locked in Emergency Because Staff Don’t Have Keys, Cite Several Other Security Issues

By Vince Lattanzio, NBC 10; April 30, 2018 If Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station needed to be locked down in an…

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Amtrak’s City of New Orleans to stop in Marks, Mississippi

From The Delta Business Journal; April 30, 2018 The “City of New Orleans Route” passenger Amtrak service from Chicago to…

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May 1st is Amtrak Day: Amtrak Celebrates 47 Years, Looks to the Future

A press release from Amtrak; May 1, 2018: Numerous customer improvements completed, more underway WASHINGTON, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today,…

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Union Pacific is Safest U.S. Railroad for Third Consecutive Year

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; April 30, 2018: Omaha, Neb., April 30, 2018 Union Pacific became the safest…

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China to Austria: First freight train from Chengdu arrives in Vienna

By Erwin Reidinger, International Railway Journal; April 30, 2018 A ceremony was held at Vienna South container terminal on April…

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Charlie Harper column in Savannah, Georgia: Rail upgrades key for rural economic growth

By Charlie Harper, Savannah Morning News; April 30, 2018 Metro Atlanta’s transit governance conundrum was solved during the Georgia General…

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A Miami monorail? County seeks private transit projects during Metrorail stalemate

By Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald; April 30, 2018 Facing a stalemate on the promise to expand Metrorail, Miami-Dade wants privatization…

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All Aboard Florida defends its bond status for railroad money

By Scott Powers, Florida Politics; April 30, 2018 All Aboard Florida’s $1.75 billion in tax exempt private activity bonds are…

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Texas: Fort Worth high-speed passenger-rail study gets funding

  By John Austin, State Reporter, Athens Review; April 27, 2018 AUSTIN — Backers continue to move along on plans…

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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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Union Pacific Announces National Park Foundation Partnership Encouraging Next Gen to Explore America’s Backyard

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; April 27, 2018: Omaha, Neb., April 27, 2018 Union Pacific’s history with the…

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Proposed Los Angeles Aerial Tram Would Connect Dodger Stadium, Union Station

By Sean P. Thomas, Los Angeles Downtown News; April 26, 2018 Nearly everyone who has ever gone to Dodger Stadium…

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Senators displeased with USDOT changing TIGER Grant program

By LAUREN GARDNER, With help from Brianna Gurciullo and Alex Guillen, Politico Morning Transportation; April 30, 2018 TIGER BEAT: The…

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Freight Railroads Get Boost from Tight Trucking Markets

By Jennifer Smith and Paul Ziobro, The Wall Street Journal; April 30, 2018 Freight railroads are capitalizing on a historically…

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California: Expanded train service coming to Modesto, Merced; what it means for commuters

By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; April 27, 2018 The state Thursday put another $500.5 million into expanding passenger rail…

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Long Island Rail Road’s double-track project nears completion

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 30, 2018 MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) this spring will enter the final phases…

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Lamy, New Mexico Amtrak station losing ticket window

  By Tripp Stelnicki, The New Mexican; April 29  2018 The online list of “features” at the Amtrak station in…

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North Carolina: Sneak peek of Raleigh’s ‘front door’ — the new Union Station

By Ben Graham, Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal; April 27, 2018 In Raleigh’s new Union Station, sleek wooden benches and…

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Galesburg, Illinois officials worried about rail tourism

By Rebecca Susmarski, The Register-Mail, April 26, 2018 GALESBURG — Amtrak’s decision to eliminate most private rail service on its…

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Chicago Metra is an example of how mobile can trump the website

By Praveen Puri, Contributing Writer, Chicago Business Journal; April 26, 2018 Metra, which provides rail service to Chicago from the…

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Is Trouble Brewing at Chicago’s Union Station?

A press release from Holland & Knight; April 27, 2018: A recent filing at the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB)…

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Amtrak closing station ticket offices in Arkansas and Texas

From The Texarkana Gazette; April 27, 2018 Texarkana’s Amtrak passenger station and terminal will be closing its ticket counter May…

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NEW LOOK: Schenectady, New York Amtrak station taking shape across from new casino, slated for fall

By Anne McCloy, WRGB CBS 6 News; April 26, 2018 SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB) NYSDOT officials say the new Amtrak station…

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The Daily CSX: ‘Midnight Rider’ Case: Judge Denies CSX’s Motion For New Trial In Sarah Jones Death

By Anita Busch, Deadline Hollywood; April 27, 2018 CSX’s petition for a new trial in the case of Midnight Rider…

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