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Amtrak to cut national trains from daily to 3-day-a-week service
June 15th, 2020
June 15, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
In what has been described as a "slash and burn" mentality, passenger rail carrier Amtrak is set to cut service on its national network trains from daily service to tri-weekly.
Texas and other states would...
Amtrak restores staffing positions at Marshall, Texarkana stations +13 others
May 21st, 2020
May 21, 2020 - Marshall News Messenger -
Two years after the elimination of Marshall Amtrak’s customer service representative position, Marshall Depot board was thrilled to announce, on Wednesday, Amtrak’s decision to restore staffing.
“During the sadness and difficulty of the ongoing...
Oklahoma House gives big boost to expanding Heartland Flyer service
May 13th, 2020
May 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
The Oklahoma House unanimously passed HR 1036 today, a big boost for expanding passenger rail service on the Heartland Flyer.
The House expressed support for the extension of Amtrak service between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
Gulf Coast gets $5.4 million for new Amtrak passenger trains from New Orleans to Mobile
May 3rd, 2020
May 2, 2020 - SunHerald.com -
More money has been awarded to restoring a passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Mississippi’s U.S. congressmen announced Friday.
A $5.45 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to the Southern Rail Commission will...
Riding trains in these day of COVID-19
May 2nd, 2020
May 1, 2020 -
I’m aboard Amtrak’s Texas Eagle, train #21, en-route to Fort Worth, Texas today and it’s eerily quiet onboard.
Life on Amtrak’s national rail system in these days of COVID-19 reminds me of a tune rolling around in my...
Amtrak, Texas transit agencies modify schedules and policies during Coronavirus
March 27th, 2020
March 27, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Amtrak and transit agencies in Texas have changed policies and modified schedules in response to a drastic drop in ridership during the Covid-19 virus pandemic.
While Amtrak still maintains it's Texas service with the Heartland...
Coronavirus relief package Includes $1 billion for Amtrak, $25 billion for transit agencies
March 27th, 2020
March 27, 2020 - railpassengers.org -
The U.S. House voted to send the CARES Act to the president’s desk this afternoon, enacting a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package into law and providing critically needed financial assistance to rail and transit operators...
Kansas Senate passes resolution supporting extension of Heartland Flyer from Texas to Kansas
March 22nd, 2020
March 22, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Rail travel from Fort Worth northward through Oklahoma to Kansas took a step forward with the entire Kansas State Senate passing a resolution in support of passenger train service to extend the daily Heartland...
AMTRAK board to replace CEO: Anderson out - Flynn in
March 2nd, 2020
March 2, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
The Amtrak board is to announce this week that CEO Richard Anderson is being replaced by William Flynn, who has a background in both air and sea logistics and railroading. Anderson had apparently fallen...
The Amtrak Funding Déjà Vu—Again
February 23rd, 2020
February 12, 2020 - Railway Age -
Color it neither Democratic nor Republican. It’s Amtrak—or, more precisely, the Amtrak déjà vu. Since its 1971 creation by Congress as America’s national intercity passenger railroad, Amtrak’s survival has been a near-run thing dependent...