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Wonderland Train from Longview to Marshall sells out within days
November 30th, 2019
November 28, 2019 - news-journal.com -
If there was a question about whether Longview’s new Wonderland Train was a good idea, ticket sales quickly answered that question.
The Longview Convention and Visitors Bureau rolled out the new holiday event at the beginning...
Rail Passengers defends pax rights in House T&I testimony
November 16th, 2019
November 15, 2019 - RailPassengers.com -
The House Rail & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Rail held a hearing the Amtrak reauthorization on November 13, examining current-day challenges and future opportunities for passenger rail in the U.S. Rail Passengers Association President Jim Mathews...
Amtrak in crosshairs: Rail Passengers prez to testify before House Transpo Committee Wednesday
November 11th, 2019
November 11, 2019 - TRA Newswire/RailPassengers.org -
Rail Passengers President Jim Mathews will appear before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Rail Wednesday morning, November 13, to make the case for a dramatic increase in investment for a national rail...
Bexar County Commissioners vote to increase Amtrak train routes
October 2nd, 2019
October 2, 2019 - kens5.com -
On Tuesday, Bexar County Commissioners (San Antonio) took their first step to increase Amtrak's Sunset Limited Routes, out of the Sunset Station downtown.
Currently, Amtrak serves seven areas in Texas three times a week: El Paso,...
Senate passes increased funding for Amtrak, passenger rail
September 20th, 2019
September 20, 2019 - RailPassengers.org -
Appropriations Committee emphasizes importance of National Network to Amtrak-served communities
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed an $86.6 billion Fiscal Year 2020 transportation funding bill, an increase of $167 million over this year’s levels--$58 million of which...
Reauthorization: AMTRAK is a public service and EDA tool
August 12th, 2019
August 12, 2019 - Karl Ziebarth, Opinion -
The Reauthorization of AMTRAK (originally authorized under P.L. 91-518, as amended) provides a unique opportunity to create a responsive, lower cost, surface transportation service for the American voter, in all parts of the...
Summer By Rail: Chef Madi Butler Shows How Rail Travel Can Revitalize America
August 4th, 2019
August 1, 2019 - BigEasyMagazine.com -
Improving access to public transit is one of Chef Madi Butler’s passions, and it shows. Having grown up in Kentucky, where public transit access is limited (to say the least), Butler has seen firsthand how...
Is Amtrak slowly killing its national network trains - death by 1,000 cuts?
July 31st, 2019
July 31, 2019 - TRA Opinion -
Is Amtrak management ever so slowly trying to shed itself of its national network trains that run across prairies, the piney woods of East Texas and through majestic mountains of this country by claiming...
Desoto MO asking for stop on Texas Eagle route
July 28th, 2019
July 21, 2019 - myleaderpaper.com -
A proposed Amtrak stop could be the start of bigger things in De Soto.
That’s the message from a group called Fast Track De Soto, which envisions a new rail platform in De Soto to accommodate...
Opinion: Does Amtrak management want to take apart the national network?
July 19th, 2019
July 19, 2019 - Opinion - Charles Florio -
I live in Longview Texas about 25 miles east of Tyler and 120 miles east of Dallas. Longview and Tyler (Mineola) are about 100,000 population each. My wife and I travel on...