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Will reinvest all of the funds that came from this — and other — agreements into existing and future joint NEC infrastructure projects.
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Taking a proactive approach to potential rail attacks, agencies such as Amtrak and L.A. Metro have been fortifying their resources and outreach programs for years. As a result, they were ready and able to help riders feel safe when recent terrorist threats loomed.
Read More →Since its inaugural run on Dec. 11, 2000, performance and revenue numbers of Amtrak’s Acela Express have consistently improved, exceeding original expectations.
Read More →Additional funding has been announced through a separate grant program that will support passenger rail service around the country.
Read More →Customers can access schedules, routes and special offers, as well as reservation capabilities entirely in Spanish.
Read More →To address this significant demand, the rail operation is hosting hiring events and career fairs to attract new talent, with a concentration in Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Oakland, Philadelphia, Miami, and Wilmington, Del.
Read More →Key element of this program is to have local law enforcement officers ride in the locomotive to witness what train engineers observe daily — motorists driving illegally through rail crossings or someone trespassing on the tracks.
Read More →The free magazine,The National, is available in seatbacks throughout the Amtrak network, which connects customers to more than 500 destinations and 46 states across the country.
Read More →The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington threw out a law passed to enforce a requirement that freight trains give priority to passenger trains on tracks they share.
Read More →Only about a third of Amtrak’s 31.6 million passengers in fiscal 2013 traveled on its own tracks, so the majority may be affected if the freight railroads curtail or stop services.
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