Tag: Amtrak
‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden to give out $16B for passenger rail projects
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden, arguably the nation's biggest Amtrak fan, visited a train maintenance shop in his home state of Delaware on...
Lightship ‘Startup Train’ to kick off coastal tour in Providence
PROVIDENCE – The Ocean State’s capital will serve as the first stop on the Lightship Foundation’s inaugural “Startup Train” this spring.
Through the initiative, national...
Business groups urge Congress to block potential rail strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Business groups are increasing the pressure on lawmakers to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month's deadline in...
Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could have been...
Proposed $247M Amtrak station at Warwick airport draws mixed reaction
A proposed Amtrak stop at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport has public transit advocates and members of the business community divided over whether...
R.I. authorizes 40-year lease for property at Pawtucket/Central Falls rail station
PAWTUCKET – Rhode Island’s State Properties Committee this week authorized a 40-year lease between the R.I. Department of Transportation, Amtrak and the Rhode Island...
Amtrak’s $2.1B Acela upgrade may miss 2021 planned start
WASHINGTON – Amtrak’s $2.1 billion upgrade to its high-speed Acela rail service between Washington and Boston may miss a planned start of paid customer...
Providence Station to get $25 million in upgrades, renovations
PROVIDENCE – A $25 million upgrade to Providence Station is in the works, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Monday.
The plans for the state’s busiest...
Opinion: Amtrak’s long-distance routes lose the most money while Northeast corridor...
By the time it crossed the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa, last week, our California Zephyr was running more than eight hours late on its...
RIDOT to receive $3M to further study bringing Amtrak service to...
WARWICK – The R.I. Department of Transportation will receive a $2.8 million federal grant to fund further efforts between the state and Amtrak to...
