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- Slow order for New York megaprojects?
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cost overruns, budgetary revisions, and personnel departures have cast a pall on rail transit capital expansion plans for the New York metropolitan area, by far the No. 1 U.S. transit marketplace, as economic forces force revision and reconsideration of projects exceeding $20 billion, and as parties scramble...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- NetDespatch makes eCommerce add up for Amtrak with on-line payments.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 January 2008-NetDespatch: NetDespatch makes eCommerce add up for Amtrak with on-line paymentsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08012008 Marlow, UK -- NetDespatch is helping to make express delivery parcel services more available, thanks to the development of an online...
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- Amtrak sets record for its yearly ridership
- Amtrak, the U.S.'s national passenger railroad, said its ridership rose 6.3 percent to a record 25.8 million in the year ending Sept. 30, helped by a surge in demand from travelers in the Northeast. Ticket sales climbed 11 percent to $1.5 billion as overall revenue reached $2.2 billion,...
- Research articles 2007-10-24
- Amtrak fares up; ridership adapts
- Hoau-Yan Wang of Philadelphia ended his long-distance relationship with Amtrak last fall. "I had had enough," said Wang, who commutes daily to New York City. Amtrak does not miss him much. A year after Amtrak announced steep increases of up to 59 percent in monthly pass fares, scores of commuters...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- Power dampened, but Ernesto still a threat
- Flood watches remain posted throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the remains of Ernesto surge northward. But it appears that the Philadelphia region might escape disaster. The National Weather Service forecast calls for 2 to 4 inches of rain, with up to 6 inches in some areas. Earlier, the forecast...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Citizen soldiers need more help, panel told
- The nation's laws and policies aren't changing fast enough to reflect demands on citizen soldiers, top commanders of the National Guard and Reserves told an independent commission at a hearing Wednesday in San Antonio. Vice Adm. John Cotton, chief of the Navy Reserve, said the Guard and Reserves must focus...
- Research articles 2006-07-20
- The best in the West: Gene Skoropowski's trains: looking for an exemplary host freight railroad/tenant passenger railroad relationship? Look no further than California's Capitol Corridor
- The United States government created Amtrak in 1971 not (primarily, at least) to preserve passenger train service, but to relieve the freight railroads from the burden of providing that service "for the public convenience and necessity." At the time, the railroads claimed they were losing $500 million a year, on...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Letters
- Disillusionment growing J. Kevin Murphy's letter to the editor stated that Cindy Sheehan was abusing her right to freedom and is in some way un-American because she doesn't agree with the war in Iraq. According to every poll taken in the last couple of months, 62...
- Research articles 2005-09-03
- Amtrak Capitol Corridor sets ridership record
- SACRAMENTO--The number of passengers riding the Capitol Corridor trains between Auburn and San Jose hit a record high in May, Amtrak officials said. More than 115,000 people took the route in May -- the most during any month since service began in December 1991. That was an...
- Research articles 2005-06-11
- Perhaps it's time to put Amtrak to rest
- NEARLY five years ago, as Amtrak officials were hailing their new Acela train as "a giant step forward" for America and "the kind of rail system we've all been dreaming about for decades," a former Amtrak official named Joseph Vranich offered another perspective. "I say without equivocation,"...
- Research articles 2005-04-21
- Virginia governor voices support for rail funding.
- By Chip Jones, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--Virginia's rail system needs a dedicated source of funding if railroads are ever going to become a viable alternative to cars and trucks, Gov. Mark R. Warner was told yesterday. ...
- Research articles 2004-12-03
- Depot sale still on track despite objection
- Despite the objection of one member, LaCrosse's City Plan Commission voted Monday for an agreement to sell the Amtrak depot to local developer Mike Keil."I know the mayor and council members have received letters from people saying they would give more," member Dave Morrison argued. "We should reopen the bidding...
- Research articles 2004-11-02
- Portec
- Portec Rail has expanded the responsibilities of independent representative Mid-Atlantic Enterprises, Inc., to include East Coast transit agencies and Amtrak. Mid-Atlantic's Mike Jirka, Portec's Kevin Adkins, and KELLTECH's Bob Kells will have responsibility for sales and customer support of Portec's Friction Force[R] Lubrication/Friction Management Solutions, and insulated rail joint and...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Chicago Transit Agency Takes Next Step to Have Plastic Pay Way.
- By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--With a new CTA "smart" card debuting next week that allows riders to add money through their credit cards, the Chicago Transit Authority is moving a step closer to a fare system...
- Research articles 2004-01-16
- Lancaster New Era, Pa., Business Briefs Column.
- Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--LEADERSHIP LANCASTER ALUMNI HOST 'BABY SHOWER': Leadership Lancaster alumni will be throwing a gigantic baby shower this weekend. On Saturday, alumni will hold their first-ever homecoming event at Landis Valley...
- Research articles 2003-10-18
- Digest
- Yellow, Roadway Revise EstimatesLess-than-truckload carriers Roadway Corp. and the company seeking to acquire it, Yellow Corp., each revised their third-quarter earnings estimates last week because of the pending acquisition.Roadway said Sept. 17 that it expected to report a quarterly loss oi 16 to 21 cents a share because of charges...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- AMTRAK SAVES $13 MILLION WITH SPEECHWORKS SOLUTION.
- Julie, the voice of Amtrak's automated speech system and America's favorite speech personality, is now able to handle credit card transactions from train passengers over the phone. Amtrak has added this new capability to its 1.800.USA.RAIL reservation line with SpeechWorks International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPWX), a global...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- New Jersey Transit Agency's Gift Shop to Close.
- By Pat R. Gilbert, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--A blue Thomas the Tank Engine toy grins from behind the snowflake-covered doors of NJ Transit's retail store, but he may be the only one smiling. ...
- Research articles 2003-01-07
- Amtrak
- San Diegans can utilize Amtrak's trains which operate regularly throughout the day between San Diego and Los Angeles, and north to Santa Barbara. For more information on Amtrak California, a partnership between Amtrak and Caltrans, visit it on the Web at http://wee.dot.ca.gov/hq/rail or call the Amtrak travel reservation line at...
- Research articles 2002-12-02
- Amtrak site offering terrific bargains.(Going Places)(Online & in print)
- Byline: Judy Babcock Wylie Daily Herald Correspondent Online Amtrak, which recently appeared to be on its last legs, er, rails, has been reborn, thanks to a transfusion of $100 million in government funding that should keep it humming along, at least for...
- Research articles 2002-08-04
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