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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2025

Passenger Rail Set to Resume in Southern California After Emergency Bluff Reinforcement

Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner will fully restore service on June 7 following completion of Phase 1 coastal stabilization work led by OCTA, protecting California’s only coastal rail link between Orange and San Diego counties.

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Rail workers enter Line 1 tunnel.
Newsby StaffMay 29, 2025

Amtrak’s East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project Officially Underway

The rail line begins critical tunnel repairs to restore storm-damaged infrastructure and ensure safe service, which requires one of the company's largest outages in recent history.

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Newsby StaffMay 27, 2025

Penn Station Modernization Moves Forward Under Andy Byford’s Leadership

In his role as special advisor to the Amtrak board of directors, he will report directly to the rail agency and coordinate closely with the USDOT as he oversees the Penn Station project through a master developer public-private partnership model.

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ArticlesMay 20, 2025

States ‘Up Their Game’ with Enhanced Intercity Bus Offerings

Testing new reservation options, improving apps and text alerts, strengthening links to Amtrak, and devising creative campaigns to boost traffic are just some of the ways operations like Colorado’s Bustang, Oregon’s POINT, and Virginia Breeze are finding success in the market.

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Amtrak's Seattle rail yard under construction.
Newsby StaffMay 12, 2025

Amtrak Advances Long-Planned Improvements to Seattle Rail Yard

The upgraded King Street Yard will enable modern, more efficient maintenance practices, support the introduction of new, state-of-the-art Amtrak Airo trains set to enter service first on the Amtrak Cascades route in 2026, and maintain trains on the Long-Distance routes that operate out of this yard.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2025

Virginia Breaks Ground on New River Valley Project

As part of the VPRA's Transforming Rail in Virginia initiative, the New River Valley Project encompasses railroad infrastructure upgrades, which will allow VPRA to extend its Amtrak Virginia service from Roanoke to Christiansburg and return passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979.

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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2025

USDOT Assumes Control of New York Penn Station Overhaul

The Administration determined that USDOT and Amtrak can together deliver a world-class Penn Station.

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NJ NEC update
Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 16, 2025

Infrastructure, Equipment Upgrades in Focus at NJ Transit Summit

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, NJ TRANSIT, and Amtrak are working to make sure that the upcoming summer travel season goes smoothly and without interruption through various improvements to the Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2025

Feds Cancel $60M in Grants for Texas High-Speed Rail Project

The project was originally announced as a purely private venture, but as the cost estimates dramatically ballooned, the Texas Central Railway proposal became dependent on Amtrak and federal dollars for development work.

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Newsby StaffMarch 20, 2025

Amtrak's President/CEO Announces Departure

Stephen Gardner assumed the role as president and CEO of the railroad on Jan. 17, 2022, after the retirement of Bill Flynn.

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