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LaHood Announces $2.4 Billion for High Speed Rail Projects

October 28, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states will share in $2.4 billion to continue developing America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service.

Amtrak Cascades Contunues to Post Record Breaking Ridership Numbers

October 26, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

SEATTLE – Amtrak Cascades is having a great year with total ridership year to date – up over 13 percent from 2009.

FHWA Administrator to Review Progress on Connecticut’s Amtrak/U.S. Route 1 Recovery Act Project

October 23, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are creating a safer and less congested route for New Haven area residents and commuters, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez announced said in reviewing work on the Amtrak/ U.S. Route 1 Bridge project.

New Amtrak Auto Train Station is Open in Sanford

October 22, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

SANFORD, Fla. – A new Amtrak station is open near Orlando for the more than 244,000 annual Amtrak Auto Train passengers. At about 10,000 square feet, the station in Sanford seats 600 passengers and is about four times larger than its predecessor.

Administration: Amtrak Refinancing Plan Will Save Taxpayers More Than $160 Million

October 15, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

A refinancing agreement between the U.S. government and Amtrak will save taxpayers approximately $162 million, the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Treasury said.

Happy Birthday Penn Station

October 14, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

About 550,000 passengers pass through New York Penn Station each day, which makes it the busiest station in Amtrak’s system, and one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world.

Amtrak Sets New Ridership Record, Thanks Passengers For Taking the Train

October 12, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – Amtrak set a new annual ridership record of 28.7 million passengers for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and collected a record $1.74 billion in ticket revenue.

Amtrak, TSA, and Local Law Enforcement Conduct National Passenger Rail Security Exercise

October 9, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – During the Oct. 8 morning and evening commutes, Amtrak Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel and law enforcement officers from federal, state, local and rail police agencies around the country are being deployed at passenger rail stations in an exercise of expanded counterterrorism and incident response capabilities.

Amtrak Envisions World Class High-Speed Rail

September 30, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Next-Generation High-Speed Rail service could be successfully developed in the Northeast with trains operating up to 220 mph on a new two-track corridor resulting in a trip time of about three hours between Washington and Boston cutting in half or better the current schedules, according to a concept plan released by Amtrak.

Al Engel to Lead Amtrak High-Speed Rail Initiatives

September 24, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – Albrecht “Al” P. Engel, P.E. is joining Amtrak as vice president of a new High-Speed Rail department and will lead initiatives to grow Amtrak’s role as the premier operator of high-speed passenger rail service in the U.S.