New Orleans-based iSeatz has expanded its online travel services beyond airline to include rail travel through Amtrak. "Amtrak invested in a technology solution that complements its core business, strengthens its level of customer service and provides a source of added revenue," said iSeatz founder and CEO Kenneth Purcell....
Customers can easily book more than just rail tickets - hotels, cars and entertainment - all in one online transaction WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak has launched an enhanced, fully-integrated website that offers passengers more choices and flexibility when making travel plans online. Powered by iSeatz, visitors...
Garda(TSX: GW) - Garda Cash Logistics, America's second largest cash logistics provider, today participated in a presentation by Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, at the Association of Financial Professionals AFP Annual Conference in Los Angeles. "Back on Track" The Transformation of Amtrak's Depository Banking Structure," presented by Jeffrey...
Bloomberg News RAIL OPERATORS ACROSS the United States have until 2015 to install equipment that helps trains brake in an emergency after the Senate approved new safety legislation late last week. The bill also would more than double funding for Amtrak, the U.S. passenger railroad, to $13.1 billion. Railways including...
Amtrak's Hiawatha line struggles to stay on schedule because trains slow down whenever they hit patches of old rail between Milwaukee and Chicago. There is a little less than 18 miles of old track between Milwaukee and the Illinois state line that still have joints with brackets...
Amtrak says it needs to add extra coaches to its high-speed Acela Express trains, which operate on the Northeast Corridor. While it wants to add to the five-coach sets, there is no funding available for the vehicles.
Support peace The International Day of Peace was established by the United Nations as an annual day for peace and cease-fire throughout the world. It is celebrated each year on Sept. 21. True, lasting peace will come when we all realize that we are one family...
REGION Signs posted recently along some southcentral Pennsylvania highways direct commuters to consider new ways to get to and from work. Commuter Services of South Central Pennsylvania, a federally funded nonprofit agency, created the 50 signs to encourage commuters to stop driving solo. Whether by mass transit or...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AMTRAK, the United States intercity passenger rail operator, carried 2.75 million passengers in July, more than any other month in its 37-year existence. Passenger numbers were up 14% over July 2007 levels, while ticket revenue increased 18.6% to $US 168 million. Amtrak says it has seen...
Amtrak: Purchased additional SABRE 4000 advanced explosives detection systems from Pine Brook, N.J.-based Smiths Detection for rapid, non-intrusive passenger screening.
While it seems that the urgency to invest in and grow the nation's railways, freight and passenger, transcends politics, this election may prove more confusing and polarizing than most. Conventional wisdom and "traditional" partisan politics tells us Republicans are good for freight, bad for passenger; Democrats are the opposite....
Amtrak's popular Acela Express high speed Northeast Corridor trains have become so crowded, especially during peak travel periods, that the passenger railroad says it needs to add coaches to the trainsets, which thus far have been fixed at five coaches, a cafe car, and two power cars (one on each...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Democratic Presidential nominee is from Chicago, the nation's rail hub and a stronghold of all forms of passenger rail. His Vice Presidential running mate spends three hours a day commuting between his home in Delaware and his office in Washington, D.C., on Amtrak, has been doing...
More Labor Day travelers will hop on trains and buses this holiday weekend to avoid high gas prices and hefty airfares, travel experts say. "We're anticipating holiday ridership to be about 10% higher this year" than last, says Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero. ...
More Labor Day travelers will hop on trains and buses this holiday weekend to avoid high gas prices and hefty airfares, travel experts say. "We're anticipating holiday ridership to be about 10 percent higher this year" than last, says Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero. Amtrak set a...
For decades, many American advocates of high-speed train travel have looked longingly at nations such as Japan, France and Germany, dreaming of a day when travelers in the USA would zip from city to city faster than they could drive and nearly as fast as they could fly. ...
The delivery company Amtrak has gone into administration for the second time in two years, placing 1,000 jobs in jeopardy and leaving customers across the country waiting for their orders. Ernst & Young was appointed administrator by Netfold Ltd, owner of the West Midlands-based company, last Friday, less...
SAN DIEGO AP -- It was the little engine that couldn't -- because it was thirsty for fuel. A quick train trip down the coast turned into a long haul for more than 80 Amtrak passengers when their train from Los Angeles to San Diego ran out of...
Driven by high gas prices, Bay Area commuters are hopping on trains in record-breaking numbers, according to Amtrak. Riders fleeing fuel costs in July leapt aboard the two Amtrak systems serving the Bay Area, pushing up ridership. The Capitol Corridor, Amtrak's major commuter train service with...
Ridership on the Amtrak Heartland Flyer train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth increased 17 percent for the 10 months ended July 31. Ridership on the daily trains for the 10 months totaled 67,141 passengers, up from 57,327 passengers for the 10 months ended July 31, 2007. ...
