Month: July 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said travel time on Amtrak’s Vermonter line will be cut by nearly 30 minutes through a $72.8 million grant to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

WASHINGTON – Amtrak is projecting that for the first time ever its annual ridership will exceed 30 million passengers and in the process set a new all-time record when the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The CSX Corp. Board of Directors authorized an increase in 2011 capital investment for certain asset purchases – primarily railcars to meet the growing near- and long-term demand for export coal.