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Today is Election Day and Transit is On the Ballot

FRA Launches Long-Distance Study Website

House GOP Leaders Question Amtrak Executive Bonuses

No, Amtrak Is Not Planning Beech Grove Layoffs

A Glimpse of Amtrak’s Future

STB Could Decide Amtrak Gulf Coast In December

Amtrak Board of Directors to Hold Public Meeting in St. Louis

Time To Get Serious About On-Time Trains

September OTP: Summer Slams Ease Somewhat

It Didn’t Have to Be This Way

Cantwell Is Right: No More Messing Around

Southern California Rail Emergency Shows Path Forward for U.S.

Amtrak’s New InterCity Trainsets Looking Good

Strike Crisis Averted for Now, But Stay Tuned

Senate Presses Amtrak Nominees on Service Levels, Long Distance

New Funding for CRISI Grants to Fuel "Rail Revolution"

Gulf Coast Parties Seek More Time To Work Out A Deal

A Debacle, But Not a Conspiracy

"The support from the Rail Passengers Association, and from all of you individually, has been incredibly important to Amtrak throughout our history and especially so during the last trying year."

Bill Flynn, Amtrak CEO
April 19, 2021, speaking to attendees at the Rail Passengers Virtual Spring Advocacy Conference