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Amtrak says it will not run trains on routes without PTC - including Texas Eagle

August 27th, 2018
August 27, 2018 - TRA Newswire / TRAINS Magaine - In a stunning announcement from Amtrak Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Gardner to officials in towns along the Southwest Chief route,  he indicated that the passenger railroad will...

Transpo Bill passes Senate: Amtrak told to run Southwest Chief train, not bus

August 2nd, 2018
August 2, 2018 - TRA Newswire - The vote was 92-6 in the Senate as the body passed the Transportation-HUD spending bill on Wednesday.  The Senate vote included $2.5 billion for passenger rail as a part of a package of fiscal 2019 funding measures. .   A...

Federal Court Acts to Protect Rail Passengers - Could Benefit Texas Trains

July 24th, 2018
July 20, 2018 - RailPassengers.org & TRA Newswire - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled today in favor of passenger rail service by allowing Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to set their own standards for measuring passenger...

Signatures submitted to Congressional representatives to save Amtrak job at Marshall

June 13th, 2018
June 13, 2018 - Marshall News-Messenger - More than 500 signatures were put in the hands of representatives, representing federal and state elected officials, Monday, in efforts to help save the job of Marshall Amtrak station’s customer service representative/ticketing agent. The job...

Shameful! Dallas Union Station pulls the welcome mat for passengers and for parking

June 9th, 2018
June 9, 2018 - TRA Exclusive - Rail passengers are denied access to Dallas Union Station after 5:30pm, according to a posted sign on the doors of the historic landmark. The station, owned by the city of Dallas and bound by...

Attention Amtrak: you forgot that people in flyover country need service too

June 8th, 2018
June 8, 2018 - TRA commentary - The executives at Amtrak have been on a tear to de-staff stations, primarily in the Midwest and West, without regard to the consequences of their actions that affect purchasing tickets or checking baggage and...

U.S. Senators say Amtrak's waffling on Southwest Chief funding is "fiscally irresponsible"

June 8th, 2018
June 8, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Three Congressional delegations that have supported the program to stabilize and improve the Southwest Chief route in CO, KS and NM have fired off an angry letter to Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson demanding to...

TRA and many others file letter of support for Texas Central with Surf Board

May 31st, 2018
Updated June 1, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates and Rail Passengers Association yesterday filed letters with the Surface Transportation Board supporting a Texas Central Railroad petition that would clear the way for STB to assume jurisdiction over the Texas high-speed rail...

Texas Central, Amtrak reach agreement to link Bullet Train and Amtrak’s interstate passenger network

May 4th, 2018
May 4, 2018 - TRA Newswire -   DALLAS  – Developers of Texas’ high-speed train have forged an agreement with Amtrak, allowing passengers to use Amtrak’s reservation system to buy tickets for through travel on both the Texas Bullet Train and Amtrak’s...

Amtrak to de-staff Marshall and Texarkana stations

April 27th, 2018
Updated to April 30, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has learned that Amtrak will be running its Marshall and Texarkana stations without any paid staff sometime after June 1. Marshall Depot Board members will hold a news conference, scheduled for...

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