PLANS to extend Amtrak California Capitol Corridor services south from San Jose have received a boost after California Transport Commission approved a $US 18.1m investment in track improvements on the…
SIEMENS rolled out the first completed ACS-64 Cities Sprinter multi-system electric locomotive for Amtrak at its Sacramento plant in California on May 13.
NETWORK Rail Consulting, the international consultancy arm of British infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), has entered the North American market after being selected to join Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC) Partner…
THE president and CEO of Amtrak Mr Joseph Boardman has warned the US government that the country's busiest inter-city passenger railway, the Northeast Corridor (NEC) from Boston to New York…
US national passenger rail operator Amtrak says ridership on its services continued to increase steadily in the first half of the 2013 financial year (October 2012 – March 2013), despite…
THE United States House of Representatives approved the 2013 Financial Year Budget Bill on March 21, which will maintain Amtrak's budget for the remainder of the 2013 financial year at…
THE government of Monterey County, California, is considering a proposal to extend the state's successful Capitol Corridor inter-city passenger service south from San Jose to serve the town of Salinas.
CALIFORNIA's high-speed project has taken an important step forward after the state Public Works Board gave California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) approval to begin negotiations for land acquisition for the…
The first phase of a major upgrade of the Chicago - St Louis corridor through the heart of Illinois is complete. And with work continuing to finish the entire project…
AMTRAK is planning to formally request revisions to United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) safety standards to facilitate the introduction of standard lightweight high-speed trains, a move US rail advocates…
