Amtrak board nominee backs federal support of railroad
A clear federal mandate, government oversight and a steady source of funding were essential to its long-term survival according to a nominee.
A clear federal mandate, government oversight and a steady source of funding were essential to its long-term survival according to a nominee.
US&S will provide 50 cab signal sets for new light rail vehicles operating on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority's Blue Line.
The anticipated completion date of the 2.25-mile extension, valued at $336 million, is summer 2007.
Rail proposal decried by governor and some legislators expected to be up and running by 2009.
The capital funds will be for new infrastructure improvements and additional equipment acquisition and refurbishments and will be allocated over five years.
The exercise, which took place at midnight, involved 500 police, firefighters and rail staff.
Amtrak's ridership topped the previous record of the 23.5 million passengers set in 2001 and was 2.7% better than last year's result of 23.4 million.
Wabtec will supply brakes, couplers and current collectors for New York City suway cars to be built by Alstom and Kawasaki.
The project includes constructing over five miles of track and designing the new streetcars, which will closely resemble the historic cars that ran on Canal Street until 1964.
The rail service will make significant changes to its Acela Express service later this month in an effort to boost reliability and attract more high-paying business travelers.
Forty-six miles of new tracks allow Eurostar to achieve the same top operating speed of 186 mph as it does on high-speed tracks in Belgium.
The Transportation Communications Union said the one-day work stoppage was counter-productive to its stated purpose of prodding Congress for more funding.
The 183-seater trains, which can travel up to 100 mph, are scheduled to come into service in 2006.
Delivery of the cars is expected to take place in the last half of 2004.
The unions, which represent 8,000 of the railroad's 21,000 employees, said the protest is aimed at saving Amtrak.
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