Amtrak is citing investments in safety and customer experience as the driving force behind what it says was the best operating performance in its history.
The Amtrak inspector general recommended the company update its models to improve the reliability of its forecasts of the short-term financial impacts of various rates of on-time performance.
Amtrak today released its FY2018 Sustainability Report, an interactive report that highlights the company’s performance against year-over-year sustainability goals.
The nation’s railroads have made significant strides implementing Positive Train Control (PTC), a former Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) administrator says.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently toured the Gateway Tunnel in a bid expose damage and called on the feds to fund their portion of the cost of repairs.
Amtrak should adopt a passenger-centric approach to increase ridership, improve service and improve its national rail network, the head of the Rail Passengers Association (RPA) said in a speech.
Amtrak is moving to either acquire new locomotives or rebuild its current diesel fleet of locomotives to supplement and replace its aging national network diesel locomotive fleet used on long-distance and some state-supported routes.