By C.B. Hall State transportation officials have reached an agreement with the BNSF Railway that will bring more and faster trains to the Amtrak Cascades service between Seattle and Portland. Seattle-to-Portland Amtrak service to get a boost || Crosscut.com. Filed under: Amtrak, Regional USA Passenger Rail
By C.B. Hall State transportation officials have reached an agreement with the BNSF Railway that will bring more and faster trains to the Amtrak Cascades service between Seattle and Portland. Seattle-to-Portland Amtrak service to get a boost || Crosscut.com. Filed under: Amtrak, Regional USA Passenger Rail
Actually, it is not two different routes. The choice is between a daytime Kansas City-Fort Worth Service and an extension of the Heartland Flyer into a direct connection with the Southwest Chief. Good detailed story here. Kansas Amtrak expansion narrowed to two routes. Filed under: Amtrak, Passenger Rail Transportatio Policy
Arizona transportation planners consider improved freight and passenger rail operations. Among these are restoring Amtrak service to downtown Phoenix and a daily Sunset. Those include intercity rail between Phoenix and Tucson, commuter trains in the two metro areas and a possible high-speed rail connecting Phoenix with Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Albuquerque. Arizona plan calls [...]
A bit of informed commentary on speed reductions involving the SW Chief. BNSF Railway ordered Amtrak trains to maintain speeds below 60 mph instead of the previous 79 mph between Hutchinson and La Junta, Colo. The slowdown is expected to add about 45 minutes to the travel time between those two cities but probably won?t [...]
I suppose this will effect the Eagle. Anybody know? After Fort Worth derailment, TRE won’t get back on track until Wednesday 8:36 AM CT | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News. Filed under: Amtrak
Longview News-Journal: – Amtrak, Union Pacific ?to share expense of high-speed rail study. Filed under: Amtrak, Regional USA Passenger Rail, United States High Speed Rail
High-speed rail rules dropped in face of railroad opposition – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register. Filed under: United States High Speed Rail
I have been concerned about this story and the following release showed up in my “in” box today. Press Release For Immediate Release Date: August 27, 2010 Passenger Rail Kansas www.PassengerRailKS.org Contact: Evan Stair, sfrr@aol.com RE: SOUTHWEST CHIEF SPEED RESTRICTIONS COULD BE TEMPORARY (see attached Map) Amtrak’s Southwest Chief speed downgrades could be temporary if [...]