WASHINGTON — Amtrak has restored the veterans’ discount on tickets, eliminated in March 2018 in a move widely criticized in the U.S. Congress and elsewhere. Amtrak announced the decision in a Monday press release citing “a new way to save” for those who have served in the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard: […]
The Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail system is expanding to provide Saturday service beginning Sept. 7, 2019. There will be two round trips between Stockton and San Jose each Saturday, with departures from Stockton at 7:25 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. and trains leaving San Jose at 3:50 p.m. and 5 p.m. Full schedules are available […]
Phoenix voters have rejected an effort to bar future spending on light rail. MIke Schaller PHOENIX — Voters have dealt a resounding defeat to an effort to kill expansion of the Phoenix light rail system. In unofficial results as of 10 p.m. local time Tuesday night, 62.4 percent of those voting had cast ballots against […]
The New River Train rolls west through Cotton Hill, W.Va., near the western edge of the New River Gorge in this October 2013 view. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Leadership with Rail Excursion Management Co., operators of the new Autumn Colors Express excursion in West Virginia, say ticket sales are steady with about 35 percent […]
Phoenix is voting on the future of its light rail system. MIke Schaller PHOENIX — In balloting concluding today, voters will determine the future of the Phoenix light rail system. Proposition 105 would prohibit the city from spending money to further build or otherwise improve its current 38-station, 28.2-mile light rail system, and divert a […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak has increased its funding commitment for the stalled Gateway tunnel project, which has seen the estimate of its overall cost move downward. The agency directing the project is hoping those two factors might increase the prospects of receiving federal funding. NorthJersey.com reports that Amtrak has increased its commitment by $600 million, […]
A rendering of the new Buffalo Amtrak station. Work is concluding on tearing down the old station, and work on the new buidling could begin in September. New York State Department of Transportation BUFFALO, N.Y. — Demolition of Amtrak’s former New York Central passenger station in Buffalo could conclude today, setting the stage for work […]
Wisconsin’s grant will cover the cost of new passenger cars, including cab cars to replace the former F40 locomotives currently used on the Hiawatha. TRAINS: David Lassen Eastbound Wolverine No. 350 slips through Marshall, Mich., east of Battle Creek, on Oct. 11, 2013. This area will see tie replacement thanks to a federal grant. Bob […]
SACRAMENTO — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Transit Administration arrived Friday at the site of a collision of two Sacramento light rail trains that injured 27. On Thursday night, a train being tested by three maintenance workers collided with an in-service train. [See “Sacramento light-rail collision injures 27,” Trains News Wire, […]
A Metra UP West train departs La Fox, Ill., and heads towards its final stop in Elburn on July 29, 2019. Previously reported scheduled changes will not affect the line. David Lassen CHICAGO – Metra’s UP West Line schedule will not change Sept. 3 as previously reported on News Wire, and the current schedule will […]
RTA’s Canal Street streetcar route, restored to service 40 years after it was shut down in 1964, is a busy line, carrying tourists and residents through New Orleans’ central business district. The red replica streetcars, seen Aug. 12, 2019, were constructed by RTA. Scott A. Hartley NEW ORLEANS – The historic St. Charles Line streetcar […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Starting Friday, Aug. 30, Amtrak will be extending New Haven, Conn.-Springfield, Mass., shuttles 40 miles north to and from Greenfield, Mass. The service is part of a two-year pilot program to test demand for expanded rush-hour service connecting with Northeast Corridor trains. Two weekday round trips — morning southbound and evening northbound […]
