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The DOT will oversee each phase of Amtrak spending and withhold grant payments until Amtrak agrees to spending parameters approved by the DOT.
Read More →I’m generally not an anxious traveler, which is a good thing since I log so many business miles each year, but I couldn’t fail to notice that Amtrak didn’t check my baggage or my person before letting me get on the train.
Read More →The budget proposes $900 million for Amtrak and funding for 26 New Starts projects.
Read More →David Gunn criticized proposals that would reduce his spending request of $1.2 billion for the current fiscal year by about a third.
Read More →The fare rollback is available for coach travel on most of Amtrak's long distance routes but does not apply to travel between cities in the Northeast Corridor.
Read More →He sharply criticized a $22 billion bill that includes substantial aid over five years for its high-speed service and other national rail development.
Read More →A month after inspectors first discovered cracks underneath Acela Express locomotives, the service is still running only 12 trains compared to 15 normally.
Read More →Passengers will be able to watch movies and TV, check e-mail and shop online.
Read More →Using leased equipment the passenger railroad offered 115 departures Friday in the Northeast compared to about 140 on a typical day.
Read More →Eighty percent of Amtrak's Acela Express trains are available for service following completed repairs of trainsets.
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