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Amtrak Emerges From Covid Cuts With Daily Service And Traditional Dining Service
Amtrak will restore traditional dining car service on six western routes and the Auto Train on June 23. In addition, the railroad has...
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Jun 9, 20212 min read
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Amtrak seeks $75B in federal funds to expand rail network, add new routes
Amtrak could be coming to a city near you. The company released its Amtrak Corridor Vision Thursday, detailing its 15-year proposal to...
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May 28, 20212 min read
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Amtrak restores long-distance service on routes following COVID cutbacks
SEATTLE — In another hopeful sign that the travel industry is bouncing back after pandemic-induced lows last year, Amtrak says it will...
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May 26, 20212 min read
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Kansas City Southern Expected to Terminate Canadian Pacific Deal
Kansas City Southern KSU -0.63% is expected to ditch its merger agreement withCanadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP 2.51% in favor of a...
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May 23, 20213 min read
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Britain Reforms Railways, Vows No Return to 'Terrible Sandwiches'
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will create a new public railway operator called Great British Railways (GBR) in the biggest reform in a...
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May 20, 20212 min read
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What Has The Colonial Pipeline Hack Meant For The Transport Sector?
What is the Colonial Pipeline hack? Earlier this month, the operator of the country’s largest fuel pipeline, Colonial Pipeline, fell...
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May 19, 20213 min read
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Canadian National beats Canadian Pacific with $33.6 billion Kansas City bid
U.S. railway operator Kansas City Southern (KSU.N) said on Thursday that it had accepted Canadian National Railway Co's (CNR.TO) $33.6...
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May 16, 20212 min read
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Plane, train and bus travelers still need to wear masks, even if they’re vaccinated
Fully vaccinated and planning to fly? You still need to wear a mask. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said...
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May 14, 20213 min read
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Fact check: Biden didn't reference building rail line from 'Florida to Tampa'
The claim: Biden said he planned to build a rail line "from Florida to Tampa," Fla. Throughout President Joe Biden's political career,...
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May 9, 20213 min read
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Biden's bizarre Amtrak story doesn't add up
President Biden told a heartfelt story last week about an Amtrak conductor congratulating him for riding more than 1.5 million miles –...
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May 6, 20212 min read
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Canadian Pacific files objection with U.S. regulator over Canadian National’s bid for Kansas City
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) (CP) said on Saturday it filed a formal objection with a U.S. regulator stating Canadian National...
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May 4, 20212 min read
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Biden celebrates and prepares to expand Amtrak despite decades of cost overruns and bad service
President Biden headed Friday to Philadelphia to celebrate Amtrak’s 50-year anniversary and push for better funding of rail service that...
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May 4, 20214 min read
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Amtrak seeks another $5.4bn from US Congress to address Covid-19 impact
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak, has reportedly requested a further $5.4bn for the upcoming budget year...
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May 2, 20212 min read
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Biden nominates rail expert to Surface Transportation Board
U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated passenger rail expert Karen Hedlund to serve as a member of the Surface Transportation Board...
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May 2, 20213 min read
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CP shareholders say bidding war for Kansas City Southern unnecessary
TORONTO (Reuters) - As Kansas City Southern’s share price rises above Canadian Pacific Railway’s offer on prospects of a bidding war, CP...
icarussmith20
Apr 29, 20212 min read
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Shippers push for CP Railway to win bidding war for Kansas City Southern
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) - North America’s freight rail customers, from grain shippers to logistics companies, are pushing for...
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Apr 26, 20213 min read
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Canadian National confident of getting regulatory nod for Kansas City Southern bid
(Reuters) -Canadian National Railway Co said on Thursday it had informed Kansas City Southern’s board about its confidence in winning...
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Apr 25, 20211 min read
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Amtrak: Siemens Preferred Bidder on ‘Generational Procurement’
Siemens Mobility has been selected as the preferred bidder to replace a large portion of Amtrak’s aging single-level railcar fleet....
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
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An airline and a railroad stock have potential as transports report earnings, traders say
Earnings from the transports could offer insight into two different corners of the economic rebound. On the consumer side, reports from...
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Apr 21, 20212 min read
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A Canadian railroad seeks to outbid its rival to acquire Kansas City Southern
The railroad barons are at it again. Canadian National Railway on Tuesday offered to buy Kansas City Southern for $33.7 billion, topping...
icarussmith20
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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