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August 18, 2020 | Financial

Amtrak releases plan to restore long-distance services

UNITED States national passenger rail operator Amtrak has released criteria for the restoration of regular long-distance services following an announcement that most daily services would be cut to three times a week from October due to the coronavirus pandemic.

August 12, 2020 | North America

Amtrak collaborates with George Washington University on Covid-19 standards

UNITED States national operator Amtrak has announced a collaboration with the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute) as part of an ongoing effort to improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

July 1, 2020 | North America

US FTA approves $US 767m funding for New Jersey bridge

The US Federal Transit Authority (FTA) has approved $US 767m in funding for New Jersey Transit’s (NJT) long-planned Portal North Bridge replacement project.

May 29, 2020 | Infrastructure

12 US projects secure $US 300m FRA state of good repair grants

THE US Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced the recipients of more than $US 302m in grant funds under the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program.

April 24, 2020 | Podcasts

Amtrak Press Conference: The Coronavirus and the Rail Industry

Highlights from Amtrak’s April 23, 2020 press conference with new President and CEO, Bill Flynn, Board Chair, Tony Coscia, and Senior Executive Vice President, Stephen Gardner.

March 27, 2020 | Financial

Rail benefits from $US 2 trillion US coronavirus stimulus package

THE US Senate unanimously passed its $US 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, which includes specific funding for passenger rail and public transport, on March 26.

March 3, 2020 | North America

Amtrak and New York City Transit announce senior appointments

AMTRAK has named Mr William Flynn as its next CEO and president, while New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) has appointed Ms Sarah Feinberg as interim president of New York City Transit (NYCT).

February 18, 2020 | Fleet

Amtrak’s first new Acela train heads to Pueblo for testing

THE first of 28 new Acela high-speed trains, which Alstom is building for Amtrak in Hornell, New York, departed for the Federal Railroad Administration’s facility in Pueblo, Colorado, for high-speed testing on February 17.

January 24, 2020 | Fleet

First Amtrak Acela Express train rolls off Alstom production line

INITIAL testing has started at Alstom’s plant in Hornell, New York state, of the first of 28 Accela Express high-speed trains for Amtrak.

December 24, 2019 | North America

Virginia and CSX agree $US 3.7bn investment to improve passenger infrastructure

THE Commonwealth of Virginia and CSX have agreed a $US 3.7bn investment programme to separate freight and passenger traffic on the Washington, DC - Richmond corridor, which will double the number of Amtrak services on the route to a near hourly service and offer a 75% increase in Virginia Railway Express (VRE) services on the I-95 corridor.

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